The incumbent government was looking to speed up the process of approving the constitutional amendment on Thursday.
According to details, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had hosted the luncheon in the honour of the government senators.
Sources divulged that PM Shehbaz and President Asif Ali Zardari had also held the consultations in line with the constitutional amendment.
Earlier in the wee hours of Thursday, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) supremo Maulana Fazlur Rehman said: “We had rejected the initial draft, and even today we reject it.”
The constitutional amendment has reached consensus. The country and its constitution will only be saved by taking hard decisions,” he added.
Rehman called for the amendment, which will pave the way for bringing reforms in all the sectors.
“Yesterday, the PPP and JUI-F had almost agreed on the draft,” he said.
“We will also look to reach consensus with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) over the draft. I will also hold talks with the PTI leadership in Islamabad, ” he stated.
Meanwhile, expressing his thoughts, Bhutto-Zardari said, “All the three parties [PML-N, PPP, and JUI-F] have reached the consensus on the judicial reforms.”
“We will table the constitution in the parliament at the right time. The judicial reforms will ensure the interpretation and defense of the constitution,” he stated.
“The PPP is having the clear intentions of bringing the judicial reforms,” Bhutto-Zardari added.
Furthermore, speaking about the constitutional amendment, the deputy prime minister said: “None of the parties have any of their own objectives in line with the constitutional amendment.”
