The Senate session has been rescheduled today amid efforts by the governing coalition to reach a consensus on a possible constitutional amendment.
It is clear that the meeting of the federal cabinet under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ended without any decision on the constitutional amendment, which will be held today at 9:30 am.
The Senate meeting will be held today at 12:30 PM instead of 11:00 AM.
During the meeting of the upper house yesterday, Senator of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) Maulana Atta-ur-Rehman had said that our workers, MNAs and senators of various political parties have been missing for constitutional amendment. I don’t know which tactics are being used.
Chairman Senate Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani presided over the meeting held in Parliament House Islamabad, in which the constitutional amendment could not be presented.
During the meeting, Senator Maulana Atta-ul-Rehman of JUI(F) expressed in the House and said that Senator Abdul Shakoor has left home since yesterday and he is still missing, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and other MNAs of the parties are missing, is it expected that the opposition will vote for the constitutional amendment in such a situation?
Senator Irfan Siddiqui assured the resolution of problems on the speech of Maulana Atta-ul-Rehman regarding the pressure on the members regarding the constitutional amendment.
Later, the meeting was adjourned till 11 am today (Saturday).
Addressing the meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Party of Pakistan People’s Party yesterday, Chairman People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the consensus has almost been reached, he will show his political strength by amending the constitution. Get approved.
Syed Khurshid Shah, chairman of the special committee set up for consultation on the constitutional amendment, claimed that the draft of the constitutional amendment has been approved by consensus.
