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MQM-P calls new administrative units ‘Pakistan’s destiny’

From Dawn · () English

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News Named sources Context piece
  • Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leaders renewed their call for new administrative units, describing such restructuring as inevitable for sustaining Pakistan’s external successes from last year.
  • Chairman Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said Pakistan cannot be divided, while provinces and administrative units can be reorganised under the Constitution.
  • Party leaders outlined their position at a Defence Day programme in Hyderabad.

New administrative units are “the destiny of Pakistan,” Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leaders said at a Defence Day programme in Hyderabad, renewing the party’s call for restructuring the country’s provincial system.

MQM-P Chairman Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Mustafa Kamal, Dr Farooq Sattar and other senior leaders addressed the gathering organised by the party’s local chapter at Koh-i-Noor Chowk on Sunday evening. Anis Kaimkhani also attended.

New administrative units will become the destiny of Pakistan.

· Khalid Maqbool SiddiquiThe MQM-P chairman renewed the party’s argument for creating new administrative units.

Siddiqui said restructuring had become inevitable if the external successes achieved last year were to remain sustainable. He drew a distinction between Pakistan itself and its administrative divisions, saying the country could not be divided but its provinces and administrative units could be changed.

He said the Constitution not only sets out a procedure for altering provincial boundaries, but also demands such changes. The party presented the issue as a constitutional and administrative question rather than a division of Pakistan.

It is Pakistan that cannot be divided; the rest is just administrative units or provinces.

· Khalid Maqbool SiddiquiSiddiqui distinguished Pakistan’s territorial unity from changes to its administrative structure.
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