PTI leaders back calls for Hazara province
Six years on, little progress has been made in the legislative corridors
File photo of K-P Assembly. PHOTO: AFP
ABBOTTABAD:
Following the clamour from the opposition parties on creating a separate province for the areas falling under the Hazara division, leaders from the ruling party-backed the call on Sunday, urging Peshawar to set up a separate wing of the Civil Secretariat for the region before embarking on such an endeavour.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Hazara division President Ali Asghar Khan on Sunday urged elected representatives in the K-P Assembly to pass a resolution on creating the Hazara province with a two-thirds majority — which his party holds.
Addressing a news conference on Sunday, Ali said that the provincial assembly had already adopted a motion in this regard on March 21, 2014. But six years on, little progress has been made in the legislative corridors.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 16th, 2020.
Following the clamour from the opposition parties on creating a separate province for the areas falling under the Hazara division, leaders from the ruling party-backed the call on Sunday, urging Peshawar to set up a separate wing of the Civil Secretariat for the region before embarking on such an endeavour.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Hazara division President Ali Asghar Khan on Sunday urged elected representatives in the K-P Assembly to pass a resolution on creating the Hazara province with a two-thirds majority — which his party holds.
Addressing a news conference on Sunday, Ali said that the provincial assembly had already adopted a motion in this regard on March 21, 2014. But six years on, little progress has been made in the legislative corridors.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 16th, 2020.