Deputy Prime Minister Parvez Elahi said that the government is struggling for the creation of a Southern Punjab province on an administrative basis.
He said this while talking to the National Assembly Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi who called on him at his residence on Friday. The two leaders exchanged views regarding the prevailing political situation in the country and the next general elections.
Parvez said that in order to remove backwardness and a sense of deprivation in the people of Southern Punjab, they had provided record funds during their tenure and powers were devolved down to the lowest level. He said that theirs was the first national party which had approved the resolution for the Southern Punjab province and then on May 5, 2010 a grand rally under his leadership was carried out in Multan.
He said that with the creation of the new province, problems of the people of Southern Punjab would be resolved immediately and effectively.
He said that along with the Southern Punjab province, they were also in favor of making a Hazara province and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid would continue its efforts in this regard.
