Delegations of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the PML-N met at the Parliament House in Islamabad on Monday to sort out legal intricacies with respect to granting lifelong immunity to the president in the 27th Constitutional Amendment.
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar, PPP leaders Sherry Rehman, Farooq H. Naek, Syed Naveed Qamar and Murtaza Wahab are participating in the discussion.
The meeting authorized Tarar and Naek to resolve the issue.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had instructed that the proposed constitutional amendment put forward by few senators from the PML-N, regarding immunity for the Prime Minister, should be withdrawn immediately.
On X handle, the prime minister said that as a matter of principle, an elected prime minister must remain fully accountable, both before the court of law and the people.
“On my return from Azerbaijan, I have learnt that some Senators belonging to our party have submitted an amendment regarding immunity for the Prime Minister. While I acknowledge their intent in good faith, the proposal was not part of the Cabinet-approved draft. I have instructed that it be withdrawn immediately,” he said in a post.
