ISLAMABAD
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, BNP-M chief Sardari Akhtari Mengal and a delegation of senior PTI leaders held back-to-back meetings with Maulana Fazlur Rehman at his residence in Islamabad on Saturday with focus on the proposed constitutional amendments.
Bilawal who also held in-depth talks with Maulana Fazlur Rehman last night arrived at the JUI chief’s residence soon after the PTI leaders left.
Before coming to JUI chief’s residence, a PPP delegation led by Bilawal held consultations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the PM House on the prevailing political situation in the country.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar, Sherry Rehman, Syed Naveed Qamar and Murtaza Wahab also participated in the meeting.
The PTI leaders, who met with JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman at his residence in Islamabad on Saturday, said they could not take any decision on the proposed 26th constitutional amendments unless they met with the former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Members of the party’s delegation told the JUI-F chief that this morning they kept waiting outside the Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi for hours, but were not allowed inside to meet their leader.
PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar, Salman Akram Raja, Asad Qaiser, Ali Zafar and the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) Chairman Hamid Raza were those who met with Maulana Fazl.
As the meeting was in progress, Balochistan National Party (BNP) head Sardar Akhtar Mengal, who had reached Islamabad from Dubai last night, reached the JUI-F chief’s residence.
Mengal’s meeting with Maulana Fazl in the present context is being termed very important.
Political leaders from PPP and PML-N, in their bid to develop a consensus among political parties on the amendments, have been visiting Maulana Fazl’s home for the last few days almost every day in order to enlist his support ahead of the passage of these amendments by both Houses of the parliament.
The government has allowed five leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) to meet the former prime minister and the party’s founder Imran Khan at Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, so that they could discuss with him the proposed 26th constitutional amendments, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Saturday.
