Each part of Pakistan has a purpose and one part cannot take precedence over the other.
DAMMAM, SAUDI ARABIA: This is with reference to the article “Should Punjab carry Pakistan’s burden?” (August 2) by S Akbar Zaidi. People will probably get emotional on this topic but a good analogy for understanding is whether the heart is more important or the brain. Each organ in the body has a purpose and cannot be replaced that easily. In the same vein, each part of Pakistan has a purpose and one part cannot take precedence over the other.
What we need now is for distributing power at the grassroots level. This entails: 1) increasing the number of provinces; 2) provincial autonomy; 3) an agreeable/workable administrative system (councils, nazim, etc.).
This will help develop the various provinces and cities according to the potentials they have.
Ammar Zaheer
Published in The Express Tribune, August 3rd, 2013.
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