According to reports, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), met today to discuss the planned “27th constitutional amendment centred on provincial rights” in light of the judiciary-focused 26th Amendment that was enacted earlier this month.
On October 21, both sides celebrated the 26th Constitutional Amendment’s successful passage, praising all of their friends.
The premier reaffirmed his dedication to serving the country and thanked the PPP for helping the PML-N-led coalition government achieve economic stability.
Significant disinflation resulted from the coalition government’s actions, he added, and other economic indicators were also indicating encouraging trends.
The PPP leader claimed that the 26th Amendment would be a useful piece of legislation that would obstruct the way of forces that are not democratic, and he pledged to collaborate with the ruling PML-N to fortify democracy and parliament.
According to people with knowledge of the situation, the ruling parties decided to propose the 27th constitutional amendment to address the provinces’ concerns, as reported by Geo News.
The reports claimed that the conference also resolved to take the government’s allies Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), the opposition party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), and other parties in confidence on the next key legislation.
Rana Sanaullah, the adviser to the prime minister on political and public affairs, revealed in an interview with the Geo News program “Naya Pakistan” that the senior leaders of the ruling coalition spoke about the 27th constitutional amendment during today’s meeting in Lahore.
He said that both sides had not yet agreed on some of the issues raised in today’s discussion and that the coalition government would try to include legislation that had been proposed by different parties in the next constitutional revision.
