{
  "id": 2129135,
  "title": "NA passes bills related to military, nuclear command structure as Bilawal objects, opposition walks out",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/na-passes-bills-related-to-military-nuclear-command-structure-as-2129135",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T12:05:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2024124/na-passes-bills-related-to-military-nuclear-command-structure-as-bilawal-objects-opposition-walks-out"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The National Assembly in Pakistan passed two bills related to the military and nuclear command structure on Thursday, despite the opposition staging a walkout and PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari objecting to the legislation. The bills, the Defence Forces Act, 2010, and the amended National Command Authority Act, 2010, were presented by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, who argued that they were necessary to reflect the changes made to Pakistan's higher defence architecture under the 27th Constitutional Amendment. The opposition had not expected the bills to be on the NA's agenda, as they were approved earlier in the day by the federal cabinet. The session was later adjourned until 11am the following day.",
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "NA passes bills related to military, nuclear command structure as Bilawal objects, opposition walks out",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/na-passes-bills-related-to-military-nuclear-command-structure-as",
        "published": "2026-08-20T12:05:51.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}