Consensus reached on the constitutional package between the PPP, the JUI-F & the PML-N: Bilawal Bhutto

ISLAMABAD, Oct 18 (SABAH): Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said he had good news to share while addressing a joint parliamentary party meeting in Parliament House.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari announced that a consensus was reached on the constitutional package between the PPP, the JUI-F and the PML-N.

“This will be the last weekend you’ll have to spend on this (the constitutional package),” Bilawal said. He said it was the PPP’s effort to ensure the amendment’s passage through parliament after achieving consensus between all political parties.

“We are going on to fulfill the promises made in the Charter of Democracy that could not be lived up to until today.”

Bilawal said Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah had taken notice of several complaints during Thursday’s special parliamentary committee and conveyed them to National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq.

“When the PPP, PML-N and JUI-F announced that they had reached a consensus, the complaints that surfaced afterwards are upsetting and we condemn them,” the PPP chairman said, referring to the opposition’s claims of its lawmakers being harassed and strongarmed.

“We hope that Shah’s committee can ensure that these complaints do not surface again in the future,” he added.

“A consensus has been reached between the PPP, JUI-F and PML-N. God willing, we will ensure that the legislation is passed by our political strength.” Bilawal Bhutto also held a meeting with Maulana Fazlur Rehman at the latter’s Islamabad home.