Naqvi doubles down on demand for new provinces

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has renewed his demand for a “reset” of Pakistan’s governance system, saying new administrative units must be created to address decades of failure in public service delivery.

Speaking at a National Policy Dialogue on the devolution of powers, Naqvi argued that Pakistan’s existing administrative framework could no longer cope with the country’s growing population and changing needs. He said new units would eventually have to be created “at any cost.”

“New administrative units will eventually have to be created as Pakistan’s growing population and changing needs can no longer be effectively managed through the existing administrative structure,” Naqvi said.

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New administrative units will eventually have to be created as Pakistan’s growing population and changing needs can no longer be effectively managed through the existing administrative structure.

The proposal has already exposed divisions among major political parties. The Pakistan Peoples Party opposes dividing Sindh, while Senator Raza Rabbani argued that creating new provinces is not a federal matter. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said the devolution of power was “inevitable” and accused a major ally of taking a contradictory stance.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf also questioned why Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had remained largely absent from the debate.

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