Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said on Saturday that talks on amendment will continue until full consensus reached.
PPP senior leader Farooq H. Naek has chaired an in-camera meeting of the joint committee. Subsequently, after the meeting, Tarar said that all of the political parties have been invited, adding that it is the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl's (JUI-F) democratic right to boycott the meeting.
Tarar maintained: "All the members have watched the draft for the constitutional amendment with the seriousness today. Aliya Kamran received a phone call, after she said that they will not attend the meeting.”
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He maintained the debate concluded on 60 per cent of the clauses, adding that tomorrow, the second meeting of the committee has been convened.
Prominent among those who attended the meeting were Saira Afzal Tarar, Munaza Hasan, Naveed Qamar, Nafeesa Shah, Syed Hafeezuddin, Bilal Azhar Kayani, Qasim Gillani, Zahra Wadood Fatemi.
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Separately, PPP senior leader Senator Sherry Rehman said on Saturday that her party has called for open debate on 27th amendment.
Expressing her thoughts in a Senate session, Sherry said that the government should avoid making decisions in a closed room. “This parliament is not a rubber-stamp,” she added.
She has urged the opposition to participate in the democratic process, adding that nothing is being reserved with the constitutional amendment.
Meanwhile, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar has asked the opposition to ensure its presence in the standing committee and discuss the reservations on the constitutional amendment. “The Suo motu facility no longer available so that no chief justice could send any premier packing.”
