Sanaullah sees breakthrough on constitutional package in coming days

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political and Public Affairs and PMLN leader Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday hinted at evolving a “minimum consensus” among political parties on controversial judiciary-centric constitutional amendments that also included a proposal to establish a constitutional court.

Sanaullah signalled a possible breakthrough in the coming days on the constitutional package as alongside the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and opposition Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUIF) were separately preparing the draft of constitutional amendments. Speaking on Geo News programme Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath, the PM’s aide to a query regarding the progress on the proposed constitutional amendment responded that could not be tabled in parliament as the government lacked two-thirds majority in both houses to pass the judiciary-centric legislation.

The PMLN leader said that the consultation process with other political parties on the judicial package had not stalled as the Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari-led PPP and Maulana Fazlur Rehman-led JUIF were working on their draft amendments.

He added that the drafts could be discussed in the forthcoming consultative sessions after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s return from the United States. He was of the view that the government would table the constitutional package after developing a “minimum consensus”, including the legislation related to the establishment of a constitutional court.