Kanwar Dilshad, Azhar Siddique, and Qadir Mandokhail discussed establishing new provinces in Pakistan to improve administrative efficiency.

By Staff Reporter

ISLAMABAD: Editor in Chief Pakistan Group of Newspapers and Chairman Roze News SK Niazi, while talking in his renowned talk show Sachi Baat, said Kanwar Dilshad Sahib, you have arranged the provinces very well, provinces should be formed at all costs, government should provide relief to people, talks about forming provinces are already underway, Mohsin Naqvi has said that provinces will be formed in any case, there is a lot of corruption in Islamabad, there is huge corruption in PIMS Hospital, Islamabad is not under their control, corruption is increasing every year, there is a lot of poverty in the country, if provinces are formed, issues will be resolved soon, there have never been fair elections in the country.

Former Secretary Election Commission Kanwar Dilshad said provinces should be formed in any case, it is in the interest of the country, small provinces should be formed in Pakistan, just like small provinces have been created in India, government ministers are giving different statements about making provinces, Mohsin Naqvi has spoken openly about creating provinces, Mohsin Naqvi said that all parties should be brought together and discussed, all ministers’ performance is zero, Ahsan Iqbal has made a statement on making Islamabad a province, creating smaller provinces will improve administrative matters and facilitate the resolution of public problems, no clear government plan has yet emerged on the establishment of new provinces in Pakistan, governments are only holding seminars on the issue of new provinces, no practical progress is being made, all political parties should be brought together on one platform to seek opinions on the issue of new provinces, consultation with all political parties and stakeholders is necessary on the establishment of new provinces, political parties will have to take serious steps to address public issues and improve the government system, there is a fundamental difference between making Islamabad a province and an administrative unit, in case of becoming an administrative unit, Islamabad will remain within the current provincial system, if a province is formed, Islamabad will have a separate provincial status, the creation of new provinces will increase administrative competition, becoming a province can help reduce corruption, constitutional amendment will be required to make Islamabad a province, Article One of the Constitution defines the units of the federation, the names of federal units are clearly mentioned in Article One of the Constitution, constitutional requirements must be met for the establishment of a new provincial unit, the constitutional status of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan must also be taken into account in the new administrative arrangement, there is talk of making Islamabad a province, the discussion on the establishment of new provinces has intensified since the Azad Kashmir elections, Bilawal Bhutto kept saying repeatedly that these are the products of Farooq Sattar, even after strong reaction in Karachi, MQM expressed its stance, questions are being raised about the role of political parties after the February 8, 2024 elections, there are many technical and constitutional aspects to making Islamabad a province, the role of the Election Commission will be very important in case of making Islamabad a province, electoral and constitutional procedures must be clarified for the establishment of a new province, administrative matters of the Election Commission will also be important for making Islamabad a province, election results and delimitation will be important for Islamabad’s new provincial status, administrative reforms are necessary to solve Punjab’s problems, the need to divide Punjab into new administrative units should be considered, it is hoped that the establishment of new provinces will improve administrative matters, issues of southern Punjab including Multan can be clarified in the form of a new province, further clarification is needed on the boundaries and administrative matters of the new province of South Punjab, the positions of the people and political leadership on the establishment of new provinces should be revealed, administrative and public issues must be taken into account in the discussion on the establishment of new provinces across the country, questions are being raised on the political partnership between the PPP and the PML-N, if PPP senators support the establishment of a new province, they should clarify their position, if the PPP supports the establishment of a new province, this issue will also be discussed in Sindh, the debate over the establishment of large and small provinces in Pakistan has intensified again, political parties must come forward with their clear stance on the issue of new provinces, political consensus is necessary for the establishment of new provinces.

PTI leader Azhar Siddique said provinces should be formed in any case, we are in favor of it, PTI and other political parties should fulfill their own responsibility, the country was being destroyed four years ago, matters are currently being handled in two ways in Pakistan, Pakistan is a country where such matters have become a constitutional phenomenon, political parties should play their role seriously in the current situation of the country, PTI is in favor of creating provinces, separate generation, transmission and distribution systems have been established in the electricity sector, the purpose of the regulator in the electricity system was to correct the system, it will not be easy to bear the costs of such a large administrative structure, a complete roadmap and practical blueprint must be prepared before building new units, just building units is not enough, review of administrative and financial possibilities is necessary, Miftah Ismail and other politicians have also spoken about this issue, it is also important to take administrative matters into account for new provinces, several constitutional provisions, including Article One of the Constitution, are important for making Islamabad a province, there are important constitutional questions regarding making Islamabad a province even under Article 51 of the Constitution, to make Islamabad a province, several changes will have to be made in the current constitutional structure, resolution regarding creation of Hazara province has been passed, resolutions have also been passed regarding the establishment of the Southern Province, resolution alone is not enough to form a province, constitutional and legal requirements must also be met, the resolution of the relevant provincial assembly plays an important role in the formation of provinces, it is important to take into account the procedure in the constitution for the establishment of a new province, constitutional complexities in making Islamabad a province cannot be ignored, two-thirds majority in National Assembly and Senate will be required to form a province, constitutional amendment phase is very important for the establishment of a new province, the issue of new provinces must be taken forward within the ambit of the Constitution of Pakistan, constitutional matters have become more important after the 26th and 27th constitutional amendments, constitutional and legal requirements must be reviewed before establishing new provinces, Parliament’s role is of fundamental importance in the matter of creating new provinces, required majority and constitutional procedures must be met to amend the constitution, there should be no more experiments with the constitution in the name of establishing new provinces, PML-N has caused a lot of damage to the country, PPP formed government with PML-N, I also told the founder that the government should be formed together with the PPP, there is a lot of corruption in the country, no political party has caused as much damage to Pakistan as the PML-N, PPP joins hands with PML-N to form government, PPP, along with PML-N, contributed to the current political system, I have always been in favor of working together with the PPP, PPP-PML-N partnership affected democratic traditions, the government’s performance over the past four and a half years should be accounted for before the public, the public will have to answer for government policies and corruption allegations, there have never been fair elections in the country, serious efforts will have to be made to take the country in the right direction, think tanks around the world play a role in taking the country forward by discussing policy, there is a need to further enhance the effective role of think tanks in Pakistan, experiments with different systems of government were conducted in Pakistan, presidential system, Majlis-e-Shura and other systems have been experimented with in Pakistan, Pakistan has tried different systems of government, now instead of experiments, a permanent direction is needed, Pakistan has been continuously experimenting with the democratic system, three Prime Ministers changed in Pakistan between 1956 and 1958, the country’s political history has witnessed repeated changes in systems and governments, Pakistan needs a stable and effective system of government.

PPP leader Qadir Mandokhel said heartbroken over PIMS tragedy, these are fake representatives of Form 47, they are creating drama in Islamabad, twenty-two billion rupees have been spent on PIMS Hospital, Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the heart of Pakistan, federal institutions including the Assembly, House and Secretariat are established in Islamabad, it is not appropriate to talk about new provinces while ignoring Islamabad’s problems, the people of Islamabad should also get the right to basic facilities and representation, there is a need to improve the condition of hospitals and public facilities in Islamabad, Islamabad’s administrative matters should also be given serious attention, the government should come up with a clear stance on the issue of new provinces, Islamabad’s status cannot be ignored in the discussion on the establishment of new provinces, important questions are being raised by the statements of the political leadership on the issue of new provinces in the country, there is a lack of facilities for children in Islamabad’s hospitals, instead of solving Islamabad’s problems, there is talk of new provinces, MQM leaders’ statements seem to indicate that they want to create four provinces, Mustafa Kamal’s speech is giving clear indications regarding new provinces, a few days ago, all MQM MPAs talked about one province, the stance of establishing a new province is prominent in the statements of MQM leaders, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui is the head of MQM, questions are being raised about the MQM leadership’s stance on new provinces, there is a tradition in Pakistan of criticizing the previous government after each government comes to power, as soon as the new government comes in, it blames the previous government for its failures, blaming the previous government for the government’s failures continues, every government criticizes the performance of the previous government during its tenure, the public and political opponents continue to criticize governments, governments come and go, but the tradition of blaming the previous government persists, with the change of governments in Pakistan, criticism of the previous government has become the norm, all questions have been raised on the issue of the new province, public reaction to the new province will be extremely important, no MPA, MNA or responsible person can stay away from public reaction, public opinion on the issue of a new province cannot be ignored, Article 39(4) of the Constitution should be implemented, new administrative process has been adopted in Punjab, the opinion of the concerned people must be given importance in the matter of formation of provinces, if the people of Punjab are in favor of a new province, their opinion should be respected, decision on establishment of province cannot be made against public opinion, both constitutional procedures and public opinion are important for the establishment of a new province.