The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Thursday submitted a resolution in the National Assembly Secretariat which demanded to carve out ‘Hazara Province’ out of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and dividing Punjab into more than one province. MQM Deputy Parliamentary Leader in the National Assembly Haider Abbas Rizvi submitted the resolution in the secretariat which carried signatures of 25 MQM parliamentarians.
The resolution suggested creating ‘Hazara Province’ which included Mansehra, Abbotabad, Kohistan, Haripur, Batagram and Toor Garh districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The resolution also demanded a separate province consisting of South Punjab. It suggested a referendum in South Punjab to observe whether the people of the area wanted a separate province or wanted to remain part of Punjab.
