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By Irum Saleem
The government top leadership remained in the Parliament corridor through out Sunday to see through much talked about judicial package which apparently aimed at stopping Justice Mansoor Ali Shah from becoming the CJP.
JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman happens to be the centre of attraction for both the government and the opposition for his important eight votes.
National Assembly and Senate sessions are set to convene at some point tonight over the highly anticipated but closely guarded ‘constitutional package’.
Both the sessions were scheduled for much earlier in the day but have been delayed multiple times as both the government and the opposition members remain busy holding important meetings, Dawn reported.
It is unusual for parliament to convene on a weekend, as it usually only happens in budget sessions or sittings convened for a specific, time-sensitive issue.
The package aims to fix the tenure of the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) at three years among other things or selection of the CJP among the panel of five senior judges.
The delegation of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf arrived at the residence of JUI Maulana Fazlur Rehman requesting him not to vote for the government package which is aimed at giving strength to the puppet government rule.
It is a wetting on the wall that government will get passed constitutional package by hook or crook in a day or two. PAK DESTINY
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