‘Nawaz Sharif was not in favour of 26th Amendment,’ senior journalist claims

Political analyst Nusrat Javed has claimed that former Prime Minister (PM) Pakistan Nawaz Sharif’s body language was showing his lack of interest in passing the 26th Constitutional Amendment in parliament on Sunday.

Appearing on Public TV’s programme Khabar Nashar, he said, “Nawaz Sharif ka dil hi iss ma nahi tha, mery khayal se wo dil se hi chah rahay thay kay ye na hi hu.”

Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif was reportedly quiet at a dinner arranged by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif before tabling the 26th Constitutional Amendment. “Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Chief Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) and President Asif Ali Zardari only remained engaged in verbal communication,” Nusrat Javed added.

The political analyst further claimed that the PML-N supremo only kept advising lawmakers to try the different food dishes at the dinner. Otherwise, he remained silent.

Citing Nawaz Sharif’s lack of interest in tabling constitutional amendments in parliament, he substantiated his claim by saying that Nawaz Sharif was the last to arrive at the National Assembly on Sunday.

The coalition government passed the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill through both the Senate and the National Assembly in the wee hou