Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani chairing the Cabinet meeting.    — APP File Photo

The meeting chaired by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani gave approval to the bill.

The amended bill, meant to shield the 28 lawmakers elected in by-polls after the passage of 18 Amendment, would be now presented in the National Assembly.

Currently, membership of 28 senators and legislators of national and provincial have been suspended.

The Supreme Court had questioned the legal status of the lawmakers who had been elected in by-elections held at a time when the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was incomplete due to non-appointment of its members as required under the 18th Amendment.—DawnNews