ISLAMABAD:

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday announced that it would not participate in the process of tabling or passing the 27th Constitutional Amendment, terming it a "pre-decided and non-transparent exercise".

Speaking to reporters outside Parliament House alongside opposition leaders, Senator Ali Zafar said the government had handed over a draft containing 50 proposed amendments to the Constitution.

"These amendments are being made secretly," he said, adding that the opposition had been told to present its stance before the standing committee.

"We have not even read a single word of it — how could we appear before the committee?" Senator Zafar questioned.

He said the 18th Amendment was passed after extensive consultations over a year, contrasting it with what he call

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