The PPP and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) reached an agreement on a shared draft of the much-touted constitutional amendments. The much-talked-about Consti\u00adtutional Package is legislation proposing a set of constitutional amendments, including the extension of the top judge\u2019s term. Three separate drafts of the constitutional package were being prepared \u2014 one by the government, the second by the PPP, and the third by the JUI-F. A committee, led by PPP\u2019s Khursheed Shah, has the representation of all parties, including the PTI. It was formed by the National Assembly speaker for reconciliation among lawmakers, particularly between the PTI and the government, after a raid by plainclothesmen to round up the PTI men from the Parliament House. JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman had told media persons in Hyderabad a day ago that there was harmony in the drafts of the PML-N, the PPP and the JUI-F. He said proposals rejected by the JUI-F had been removed from the draft by the government. He said the amendments would be rejected if a consensus could not be reached. He had indicated that amendments that infringed upon fundamental rights or aimed to strengthen some specific institution would not be acceptable. Fazl visited PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in Karachi today. In a press conference after their meeting, he said: \u201cI can say this much after a long discussion that our two parties have agreed on a draft.\u201d Fazl said he still needed to meet PML-N President Nawaz Sharif tomorrow and desired his agreement, adding that he also had to meet the PTI leadership. \u201cIt will be our effort to create such a consensus in this bill that it is unanimously considered a constitutional amendment.\u201d He said \u201cserious\u201d talks were held with the PPP and lauded Bilawal for playing a \u201cbig role\u201d in achieving the consensus. Bilawal said there was a further need to build upon the consensus achieved today between the two parties, adding that the PPP was also invited to the Nawaz-Fazl meeting. He hoped that the PPP-JUI-F consensus would convert into one with the PML-N as well. Bilawal said Fazl was desirous that this consensus included not only the government\u2019s allied parties but also the PTI and other opposition parties. \u201cIf this [consensus] is possible and happens, then it will lend great strength to our constitutional process and it will bring improvement. \u201cThe goal of every one of us is not person-specific or a limitation by the time. Our emphasis \u2026 is only on finding solutions to the nation\u2019s problems.\u201d Bilawal said he hoped that the final bill passed by the National Assembly would be based on the consensus achieved today. He added that the prevalent environment in the country made it seem unlikely that political parties would talk with one another and agree, further saying that he hoped all issues in the country would be solved by political parties by achieving consensus with one another for the sake of the nation. To a question, Bilawal said the PML-N was \u201cactive in its own way\u201d regarding the constitutional amendment, adding that \u201cwe have our own ways and they have another way\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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