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Thursday, February 02, 2012
20th Amend to be approved from parliament with consensus: PMISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said the proposed 20th Constitutional Amendment would be tabled and approved from parliament with consensus.
He made the comments while talking to leaders of coalition parties at a dinner he hosted at the Prime Minister’s House. Prime Minister Gilani said that the government would not bulldoze anything in the House. Gilani informed coalition partners that he had already talked to Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman and sought his cooperation for smooth passage of the 20th Constitutional Amendment. Besides MNAs, the dinner was attended by various leaders of coalition parties, including Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Haji Munir Khan Orakzai, Haider Abbas Rizvi, Babar Ghauri, Ghulam Muhammad Bilour, Haji Khuda Bakhsh Rajar and Saima Akhtar Bharwana.
The coalition partners assured the prime minister of their full support for the adoption of the 20th Constitutional Amendment. They said the amendment would benefit all parties by giving legal cover to the by-elections. The prime minister thanked the coalition partners for strengthening democracy and the political system in the country. Earlier, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain called on the prime minister to discuss the current political situation in the country. staff report/app
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk