Dhaka, July 30 -- The National Consensus Commission (NCC) is moving towards final decisions on several key reform issues and the political parties will be informed of the decisions by Thursday, said its Vice Chair Prof Ali Riaz on Wednesday.

"Among the responsibilities you have entrusted to us, decision-making is crucial. We are trying to do so as quickly as possible. We expect to inform the political parties of the decisions by tomorrow," he said at the second-phase dialogues between the NCC and political parties on Wednesday.

Wednesday's discussions focuses on several important reform issues including the powers and responsibilities of the President, the presidential election process, the upper house formation and election process of ...