Members of the core committee on the Movement for Restoration of Bahawalpur Province led by Syed Ahmad Mahmood met Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday at Jamal Din Wali, Rahim Yar Khan. They informed the CM that the revival of Bahawalpur province will safeguard all their interests. The delegation thanked him and said Bahawalpur province was a historical reality and the people of the area would always remember him for accepting the unanimous and long-standing demand. The CM said the case of the Bahawalpur province was unique from the point of view of history and political background and was an established fact.
He said the party leaders will be consulted in this respect and later an action plan will be evolved. Those who met the CM included former parliamentarians Syed Tabish Alwari, Dr Waseem Akhtar, former federal minister Tasneem Nawaz Gardazi, Sahibzada Usman Dawood Abbasi, Abdul Jalil Hashmi, Zafar Iqbal Tareen and Hafiz Hussain Ahmad. A delegation of district office-bearers of Functional Muslim League Rahim Yar Khan also called on the CM.