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Summary PM and cabinet can change the rules of business for creating the office
There is no room for the office of deputy prime minister in the constitution and it could be created through amendment in the rules of business. Team of Legal experts of PML-Q, headed by Wasim Sajjad called on Ch Shujaat Hussain. In India many a time an office of the deputy prime minister was created by amendment in rules of business. Dr Khalid Ranjha said rules of business were amended to make Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto the prime minister. Rules of business are formed legally and not under the constitution. Only prime minister and the cabinet can change the rules of business.
