A high-profile meeting took place yesterday at the President’s House in Islamabad between the government and Chief Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, in which the proposed constitutional amendments were the focus.
After the All Parties Conference (APC) held at the President’s house to show solidarity with Palestine, In a meeting with government officials, Chief JUI-F reportedly said that since the central leadership of his party was not present in the meeting, except for him and Senator Abdul Ghafoor Haidri, no decisions could be made.
Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman claimed that his party had prepared an 80 per cent draft of the constitutional amendments and would soon hand it over to the government’s negotiated team.
It was stressed that a draft with common proposed constitutional amendments would be preferred.
The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People Party (PPP) negotiated team would again engage with the JUI-F team in the upcoming week.
President Asif Ali Zardari and former Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif assured their support to Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman and praised his efforts in promoting democracy.
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