A meeting of the political and legal team of the PML-N is underway, which is set to deliberate on the hearing of an eight-member Supreme Court bench of the judicial reforms bill, as well as consider the issue of provision of election funds.
Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the meeting is being held at the Prime Minister House, Islamabad.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar, special assistant Ata Tarar and others are attending the meeting.
The legal team is briefing the meeting on the Supreme Court’s hearing of the judicial reforms bill.
The new conference of the coalition parties on the government’s concerns on the formation of the eight-member are also expected to be discussed.
Meanwhile, the government has decided to defend its stance on the SC hearing in parliament and is set to take the judicial proceedings on the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023 to parliament for a review.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is scheduled to attend the National Assembly session today.
The prime minister has directed all members of the party to participate in the meeting.
PML-N Chief Whip and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Murtaza Javed Abbasi has started contacting the party members.
The minister has told all members of the party to ensure attendance at the extraordinary session of the assembly.
On the other hand, the PPP has formed a three-member group to convince the ruling coalition parties for negotiations.
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has nominated three senior leaders of the party for the purpose, including Yousuf Raza Gilani, Naveed Qamar and Qamar Zaman Kaira.
