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PTI lawmaker submits resolution for south Punjab in provincial assembly
[DAWN] In an apparent attempt to fulfill the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI)'s promise for the creation of a new province comprising the southern part of Punjab, a PTI politician newly elected to the Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Assembly has submitted a resolution seeking the House recommend that the federal government initiate the process for the creation of a Southern Punjab province. "This House strongly recommends to the federal government [that it] initiate the process of creation of Southern Punjab [province] immediately," reads the resolution submitted by MPA Mohammad Mohsin Leghari. The PTI had included the formation of a new province in south Punjab to their election manifesto in May this year while absorbing a political party calling itself the Junoobi Punjab Suba Mahaz (JPSM; the South Punjab Province Front). The JPSM mainly comprised estranged leaders of the PML-N who had formed the platform for the single-point agenda of carving a new province from the southern parts of Punjab. Under the PTI-JPSM deal, the PTI was to set in motion the procedures to create a new province in south Punjab within 100 days if it formed the government. Interestingly, the PTI's bitter opponents ‐ the PPP and the PML-N ‐ had also been vocal in their support for a new province in south Punjab. Posted by: Fred 2018-08-16 |
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