Just a curious question.
Why do people of South Punjab need a separate Province? I have not read much about Pakistani Punjab so I would like to know it firsthand from Pakistanis. Punjabis, especially South Punjabis, preferred.
Thank you.
These Political arrogant leaders are there, until then Pakistan will not be flourishing.....southern Punjab was part of Sindh ages before Multan was the capital of Sindh... The language of Punjab is punjabi, whilst language of southern PUnjab is
Seiriki (which is unique and popular for its sheeren (sweet) accent language, it is called languae of love instead of harsh accents others, but again seirki has varriant accents).....though Gilani was originally may be from KAshmir but he is Seiriki speaking ...so does Zardari's family as a Baloch and it is also said they were not originally Sindhi but Seriki province (there would be some political reasons but no one from the upper Punajab leaders every EVEN bothered to give the right to the southern Punjab...this comes when people go arrogant and let other people to go for separat countries and enemies to come in and to give fudns...
I posted alot but peoples biasness would not go out when their are already five provinces on the base of language but arrogant people would die out and would CRY hard for another province on the base of language...what a JUSTICE MY GOD...Give them hidayat...when I said first dissovle others and then put a rule the same for other provinces, when Pakistan just recently in this stint got another province on the base of language Pakhtoonkhaw but these JELOUS people woud (Forgive me for my hard words but my heart die out when I see injustice and SOCIAL UNEQUITY anywhere).......but later this part went to Punjab and this part is least developed...only Part which was state Bahawalpur which was rich before Pakistan (better still then all southern Punjab)...After living with Pakistan 65 years this part has 14 or 16% literacy rate whilst the upper Punjab has 70% literacy rate... There are much more evidences provided the distribution of uneqal resources...another possible reason for poverty was the fedual system (who would not let others poor to prosper), but any leader from upper Punjab mostly would try to have good relations with these feudal and this part was related to agriculture (so another reason why they not protested when they were REMOVE FROM HEAD (captial of Sindh) to tail of Punjab...IF today when remove Lahore as capital and install Multan as capital of Punjab ...will not they die out?
Even Farooq Laghari was Seriki but he idiot is said to be a fuedal in DG khan and would let other poor people to sit deep down before and would hate to see the education in his area ...I'm sure my sense says if ANY of area is more poor then moor funds should be spent their but in Pakistan different happen until like Baloch and BENGALIS people would not go EXTREME these arrogant would behave ...
AS a side note:
I do love my country and would love to be martyar for my country
MY wish
Ever though I hate the unjust attitude of many of my bros here for no reason, how they were crying for seriki bank on other hread when there is already SINdhi bank, punjab bank and others...May Allah give these big hear...how they treated Bengalish by puting a restriction of high height in the army when they were knowing a BIG majority of bengalis can't cope with this...
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Demand for Seraiki province based on legitimate grievances’
Imtiaz Ali
Friday, April 13, 2012
KARACHI: The demand for a Seraiki province arises from decades-long and worst form of exploitation and alienation of the Seraiki people while the demands for a Karachi province and Hazara province have no economic basis and are merely based on ethnic prejudice, said a PPP veteran on Thursday.
PPP Sindh General Secretary Taj Haider said Karachi is the most developed commercial centre of Pakistan where people from all provinces come to make a living. Similarly, Hazara is the most developed area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and has a very strong industrial base. Therefore, both Karachi and Hazara do not have an economic basis for the separate province, the senior PPP leader said in his paper on the subject.
Talking to The News on Thursday, the former senator said it is his thesis on the subject, which is aimed at generating debate on the issue. Haider said he is also a member of the PPP’s manifesto committee, which is looking into the demand for a Seraiki province.
As per the contents of Taj’s paper whose copy was obtained by The News, the demand for a Seraiki province arises from exploitation and alienation of the Seraiki people.
“This exploitation is within the boundaries of an existing province and the Seraiki people having no share in the policy making of that province see no end to this exploitation.”
“They rightly feel that their fair share of development resources shall continue to be denied to them. Their natural resources and produce shall continue to be usurped and their people will continue to migrate from their area in search of menial jobs elsewhere. The demand for ‘deliverance from Takht Lahore’ is basically a protest against continuous exploitation, alienation, suppression of Seraiki people, their language and their culture,” opined the PPP leader.
“What is so difficult in understanding that when a backward illiterate, hungry Seraiki demands ‘deliverance from Takht Lahore’ he is not expressing hatred against the Punjabi language, Punjabi art and culture or the common Punjabi people. He is plainly and simple giving a voice to his own misery and deprivation,” he said.
He said the demands for a Karachi and Hazara province are only being made on ethnic grounds and prejudice which should be discouraged. The PPP leader said that 85 percent literacy rate in Karachi cannot be compared with the seven percent literacy of Seraiki people.
“Thus the two demands are made for totally different and mutually conflicting reasons.” The Seraiki province is being demanded by the Seraiki people living in three divisions namely, Bahawalpur, Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, districts of DI Khan, Tank, Bhakkar, Mianwali and Khushab and some tehsils of Sargodha, Toba Tek Singh, Sahiwal, Jhang and Pakpattan districts. “Sense of deprivation of the Seraiki people living in this area has a long history,” said the paper.
Bahawalpur State was a welfare state, which had voluntarily acceded to Pakistan. Taking away of its statehood and denial of the facilities that people were enjoying and latter the making of One Unit and imposing the dominance of Central Punjab was a great setback to its people.
“The water of Beas and Sutlej that independently irrigated the lower Seraiki area were sold by the first military ruler to India and the head works built on them became dependent on the water supplies from the western rivers. Cotton grown in the Seraiki area is the major foreign exchange earner for Pakistan but Seraiki area remains devoid of any textile industry or that of textile made up industry. Weavers of the area are still working on obsolete hand loans.”
Seraiki people have hardly any control on the huge oil, gas reserves of the area. Uranium found in the Seraiki area has only brought diseases caused by excessive radiation to the people of the area. Irrigation schemes have not benefited the farmers of the area. Lands belonging to them have been forcibly acquired and distributed among defence services personnel. He was of the view that the allocation of development funds to this large and backward area is pathetic.
“It is shocking to note that such a large area with its huge population gets only 10 percent of what one single city of Lahore gets in provincial development funds.”
The 18th Amendment and the NFC award have given huge additional resources to the provinces. Provincial autonomy and the control of minerals, gas and oil is now in the hands of the provinces.
“The Seraiki people rightly fear that the additional resources will be spent in Central Punjab and income from oil and gas and other valuable minerals will also go to ‘Takht Lahore’ instead of the Seraiki people.”
Haider said the provisions of the 18th Amendment at the same time will likely to open the gates of rapid development for the Seraiki people, if the divisions of Bahawalpur, Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan were made into a separate province.