20th Amendment to be approved with consensus: PM

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said the proposed 20th Constitutional Amendment would be tabled and approved from the Parliament with consensus.

The Prime Minister, while talking to the members and leaders of the coalition parties at a dinner he hosted for them here at the PM House on Wednesday, said the government would not bulldoze anything in the House.

Gilani informed the coalition partners that he has already talked to Chief of JUI-F, Maulana Fazlur Rehman and sought his cooperation for the smooth passage of the 20th Constitutional Amendment.

Besides the MNAs, the dinner was attended by various leaders of the coalition parties including Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Haji Munir Khan Orakzai, Haider Abbas Rizvi, Babar Ghauri, Ghulam Muhammad Bilour, Haji Khuda Bakhsh Rajar and Saima Akhtar Bharwana.

The coalition partners assured the Prime Minister of their full support for the adoption of the 20th Constitutional Amendment. They said the Amendment would benefit all the parties by giving legal cover to the bye-elections.

The Prime Minister thanked the coalition partners for strengthening democracy and political system in the country.