President sends reference for two new provinces in Punjab

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President Asif Ali Zardari sent a reference to Speaker National Assembly Fehmida Mirza late Thursday night calling for the constitution of a commission comprising six Senators, six MNAs and two members from the Provincial Assembly of Punjab to look into the issues relating to the creation of two new provinces namely Multan and Bahawalpur in Punjab and to initiate the process of amendments in the Constitution for this purpose.

Spokesperson to the president Senator Farhatullah Babar said that the commission will submit its report within a month to be followed by the process of constitutional amendments for making the two new provinces.

He said that the reference draws attention of the speaker to the resolutions passed by the National Assembly and the Provincial Assembly of Punjab calling for the creation of the new provinces.

President sends reference for two new provinces in Punjab | DAWN.COM

Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said there was no link between the next general elections and the upcoming budget, adding the elections will be held according to schedule.

"The new province will be created before the next elections," the Prime Minister said while talking to media persons here.

He said transition of power from the democratically elected government to the next elected government should be smooth and it should not be through any unconstitutional manner.

Referring to the law and order situation in Karachi, the Prime Minister said the city is an economic hub for the country where 'we cannot afford to have any trouble'. The city should be divided in administrative units and that intelligence was being provided to Sindh government for maintaining peace in the provincial capital, he added.

He said every possible cooperation was being extended to Balochistan government for establishment of law and order in the troubled province.

To a question regarding his resignation, he said the matter of his disqualification came to an end with the speaker's ruling. "The court referred the matter to the speaker in line with the Constitution and the she came to a decision under the same Constitution," he asserted.

New province before elections: PM Gilani - thenews.com.pk

 

[KingMamba]

More provinces - Yes
On ethnic lines - NO

 

[Sinnerman108]

Those are not new provinces.
That is feudal lords carving out their princely states
with just one objective; i.e to keep the people impoverished and enslaved.

We need to eliminate and eradicate the feudal lords down to their last born.