PAS admitted today that there have been discussions with the BN-led government to allow its president to table the Private Member's Bill seeking to amend the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965.

Party president Abdul Hadi Awang said this was because the Standing Orders required a minister to propose for a bill or motion to jump the queue in the Order Paper.

"It requires a minister to support, only after it is agreed to can an MP table the bill for its first reading.

"What we did was to discuss with the government to allow the bill to be tabled for its first reading," Hadi said at a press conference after opening the party's 62nd Muktamar in Kota Bharu today.