Government and opposition leaders exchanged harsh words during Tuesday’s session of the Punjab Assembly which was chaired by Speaker Rana Mohammad Iqbal.
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) lawmaker Shaukat Basra demanded that the assembly speaker nominate a list of legislators for a commission to carve out southern Punjab as a separate province.
Basra also threatened to disrupt the session if his demands remained unmet.
Opposition lawmakers chanted slogans advocating the creation of a southern Punjab province.
“The southern Punjab province will be created,” they chanted during the session.
During the session, Rana Iqbal said that the issue of establishing the commission for new provinces should be taken up in Punjab as it has been in other regions.
Basra said that Tuesday was a private member day so other members should not try to dictate him.
The continuing ruckus prompted the assembly’s speaker to postpone the proceedings until 10 am on Wednesday.
Creation of a southern Punjab province is long overdue, however, it is regrettable that instead of working on solving problems to help people of the region our politicians are looking after their vested interests. Pakistan needs more provinces on administrative basis and this matter must be handled by a high powered judicial commission.
If Southern Punjab was not neglected by successive govts, demand for seperate province wud not been there….today this subject is being exploited for political reasons ONLY…….
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