However, some legal experts believe that the apex court of the country in the past 10 years has already undone the 18th Amendment through various decisions that have strengthened the Centre. Soon after the passage of the 18th constitutional amendment in 2010, a number of constitutional petitions were filed in the Supreme Court against the amendment. Interestingly, neither any serious petitioner challenged other aspects of the 18th Amendment nor the court was keen to examine other amendments in constitutional provisions. Expressing serious apprehensions over the impact of the SC’s recent verdict, one section of the lawyers said the judgment has undone the 18th constitutional amendment and provincial autonomy. “It has largely undone the 18th constitutional amendment.

Source: The Express Tribune April 28, 2020 17:48 UTC