Raja Riaz, Opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly, has urged the opponents of the South Punjab province to lend their support for the cause as it was reflective of the aspirations of the people who firmly believed that the new province was the only solution to mitigate their depravation on permanent basis.
He said that the Pakistan People’s Party had been struggling for the creation of new province keeping in view the sentiments of the people and would continue the movement till the dream of the people came true. “Welfare of the people is the prime consideration of the policies of PPP” he added.
He advised the leadership of other political parties to extend requisite cooperation to the government in resolving the issue of new province sooner than later. “By opposing the South Punjab province they would earn the enmity of the people, they should lend helping hand instead and thus win their hearts and minds.’’
He said that the new provincial government, provincial assembly with its own administration, nation building departments and high courts dedicated to serve the people of the region efficiently and diligently would bring qualitative change in the lives of the people.
He said that the opposition of some of the political parties for carving out a new province was beyond comprehension because they voted in favor of it when Punjab Assembly unanimously passed the resolution in this regard.
He said that the provincial autonomy was the spirit of 1973 Constitution and the creation of the new province would be a shining example of the implementation of the vision of the founding fathers of the constitution 1973.
