The house also gave the nod to ‘The Election (Amendment) Elections Bill 2017’, seeking restoration of the Khatm-e-Nabuwat [finality of Prophet-hood] clause to its original form. A total of 242 votes were cast in favour of the ‘Constitutional (Amendment) Bill 2017’ and only one lawmaker, Jamshed Dasti, opposed it. As it was a constitutional amendment, it needed a minimum of228 votes in the house of 342 members. Earlier two main opposition parties, the PPP-P and the MQM-Pakistan, had reservations over this constitutional amendment. After this assurance, the MQM-P decided to cast its vote in favour of the constitutional amendment.

Source: The Express Tribune November 16, 2017 17:32 UTC