Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani has asked a panel framing recommendations on clipping Presidential powers to fast track its work. This comes close on the heels of Asif Ali Zardari shelving plans to ask Parliament to ratify a controversial law that gave him amnesty in graft cases.<br/>Gilani has asked a parliamentary committee to speed up finalisation of recommendations for important constitutional amendments, including the scrapping of provisions that empower President to dismiss Prime Minister and dissolve Parliament.<br/>Zardari dropped a move to get Parliament to endorse the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) — a law passed by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to scrap corruption cases against leaders of the now ruling PPP — after several political parties, including the opposition PML-N, said they would oppose it.<br/>Amidst reports of growing differences between Zardari and Gilani, the Premier told the National Assembly or lower house of Parliament yesterday that his party is committed to implementing the Charter of Democracy (CoD) signed by the PPP and PML-N in 2006.<br/>Musharraf had assumed several powers of the Prime Minister, including authority to dissolve Parliament and appoint the armed forces' chiefs. <br/>