ISLAMABAD:

As Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meets his allies to rally support for the proposed 27th Constitutional Amendment, further details emerge about the draft package, which — among other things — seeks to establish a constitutional role for the field marshal.

The draft of the proposed amendment, seen by The Express Tribune, will be submitted to the Senate today (Friday) after its approval by the federal cabinet.

On Thursday, the PM held meetings with the delegations of multiple parties in apparent efforts by the PML-N government to prepare the ground to get a 27th amendment approved by parliament.

Among those he met was a seven-member delegation of the MQM-P, led by the party convener, Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui. A statement by the PM's Office said "discussion and consultation t

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