Tag: Province

‘Threat letters’ ask Sindh MPs to leave ‘Muhajir province’

The formation of liberation armies seems to have become quite fashionable in the country as Monday revealed the hidden centrifugal forces in Sindh having...

Leave Sindh! JSQM chairman tells post-1954 immigrants

Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) Chairman Bashir Qureshi has demanded that those who arrived in Sindh after 1954 should leave the province. He made the...

Former senator demands FATA province

Former senator Haji Muhammad Shah on Saturday demanded sufficient representation of the Tribal Areas in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly or to declare FATA as...

MQM doesn’t want to divide Sindh, nationalists do: Altaf

The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) does not want the division of Sindh, party chief Altaf Hussain said on Saturday. “The MQM wants to create harmony,...

Altaf wants creation of Kabailistan

Demanding the formation of Kabailistan province consisting of the country’s Tribal Areas, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday said a pledge...

Govt to table bills for creation of Saraiki, Hazara provinces

Amidst allegations of double standards and demands for voting on a ‘resolution’ to pave the way for creation of new provinces in the country...

Rumpus, walkouts hallmark of NA debate on new provinces

Rumpus, walkouts and exchange of harsh words between leaders of various political parties were the hallmark of the debate on new provinces in the...

‘Rid us of Khosa’

A petition was filed in the LHC on Tuesday seeking removal of Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa on the grounds that he had allegedly...

Durrani terms PM’s new province statement a conspiracy

Former federal minister Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani has said that the statement of the prime minister is conflictive with the constitution of Pakistan and...

Govt will approach current assembly for Saraiki province: PM

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said in an interview with BBC Urdu on Sunday that the Saraiki province was the desire of the people...

Roundtable discusses situation in neglected province

Speakers at a roundtable on Tuesday asked the Centre should to deal with the miserably underdeveloped Balochistan in a justifiable manner, so that the...

Parties from Hazara dissociate from Tehreek-e-Suba Hazara

Representatives of several political parties belonging from Hazara region announced on Saturday that they would part their ways with the founder and leader of...

Punjab govt lacks vision, right team to run province: Elahi

While subjecting the top leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), party president Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, to scathing criticism...

New province for Southern Punjab to end sense of deprivation: PM

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Saturday that the creation of a new province for the people of Southern Punjab would end...

Armed forces continue rescue, relief in rain-hit province

At the end of the 33rd day of the rescue services of the Pakistan Army in the flood-affected areas of Sindh, 2,500 people were...

SAB to highlight province’s female literati

The Sindhi Adabi Board (SAB) has launched the “Benazir” literary magazine to promote and develop women’s literature, the board’s chairman and provincial Inter-Provincial Coordination...

‘Non-existent’ Haqiqi claims MQM eyes Mohajir province

The Afaq Ahmed-led Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H) alleged on Tuesday that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) plans to “restart the campaign for a separate...