I will vote for South Punjab province: Hashmi
PML-N leader Makhdoom Javed Hashmi on Tuesday broke once again with his party’s leadership and said that he would support any legislation to create a new province in south Punjab, saying that the creation of new provinces would help improve the quality of governance in the country.
“If more provinces can be created in other countries on demand of people why such practice cannot be adopted in Pakistan,” he said.
Hashmi called the move ‘the need of the hour’ and begged the country’s political leadership to ‘listen to the voice of the people.’ Hashmi’s party is the most vociferous opponent of the creation of new provinces. The ruling PPP, along with the PML-Q and the MQM, have all come out in favour of the South Punjab province proposal.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 3rd, 2011.
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@Mirza,
Please also enlighten us all about the good characters of Naheed Khan, Sarfaraz, and Shah Mehmood too, i see you often fail to highlight their good characters when they deviate from Party line.
Shame on PPP for acting like an intolerant right wing party by expelling people with divergent views, yet salutes to PML-N for allowing freedom of speech
@abdul sami: Enlighten us!
Javed Hashmi is a Great Man and Real Politician! I SALUTE HIM...
@Realist.:
Senior Vice President. In the absence of a secretary general I suppose that does make him the official number 2.
The division of Punjab will be the end of Pakistan.
Let us have a new country with Lahore as its Capital. What would be the appropriate name of a new country with Lahore as its Capital?
India, since independence has rearranged and created, new states. It is planning to create more states in near future. Pakistan's population has grown exponentially, since independence, but it has gonr back and forth from four units to one unit, to four units. The time has come to divide the country in multiple provinces, not just Punjab. People, have to know even after independence, there were states of Bhawalpur, Khairpur, Qallat, Bela, Swat, Dir and Hunza. Dividing the country, into smaller provinces, would be a good way to devolve the power, and result in a strong Pakistan.
40 to 60 percent of punjab development budget was spent on Lahore in past 2 years. Division of punjab is the only way out to achieve equitable allocation of funds
For more than three years this current PPP-led government hasn't been able to do a single thing for country--be it electricity, inflation etc. Now they want to run next election on division of Punjab. Every sane Punjabi should understand that sole purpose of PPP is to destroy Punjab.
Converting administrative divisions into provinces is the most viable solution. It will clip the wings of ethnicity, empower people and strengthen the federation. Yes, the people should enjoy freedom to practice their culture and promote their languages. This is the way to have nationalism that is must for a state. So far we have not. People have taken pride in being Sindhis, Punjabis, Balochs and Pathans. Some strange subjects do claim that religion can also be the basis of nationalism. What matters is territorial nationalism that is essentially secular and takes pride in the welfare of individuals irrespective of their castes and colours.
Pakistan should be divided into 17 provinces. Each province directly governed by ten elected officials.No need for any provincial assemblies.
@SK - Salman:
Your way will make Pakistan into Rawanda.
Pakistan was made on the basis of these 4 provinces electing to become Pakistan. Wali Khan's bid to make the then NWFP part of India was rejected.
But ANP's ethnic politics , Zardari's Sind card, Gilani's Saraki Subha (although Gilani prefers to lives in Lahore), Altaf's superiority complex about Mahajirs, etc. are now destroying Pakistan,
Guess what? The most corrupt and unethical politicians are playing the ethnic card... You know what they say: 'nationalism is the last refuge for a scoundrel'. Now there is aquote you should learn!
@SanaUllah Baloch: Should be done.......to avoid administrative weaknesses
:o you guys really want to divide Pakistan for to make us apart and there is no reason to divide i think we need character building education and corruption-less country for resources to be utilized perfectly, we need to change our characters, instead we do struggle for to stop corruption and injustice we are asking for division, shame.
@SanaUllah Baloch: good sensible solution.
@Aristo: What avoid the situation like 1971? Maybe you are not aware that East Pakistan was at the very least a separate province. PLEASE STOP DIVIDING THE COUNTRY ALONG ETHNIC LINES (there can be worse mistake).
@Realist.: You are funny! How can I be ignorant and lie at the same time? Jawed H was the president of PML-N when it was in the worst shape. Now he is one of the vice presidents, a rather ceremonial post. He is not an active official as he was when the chips were down and the party was under the gun. All I am and was doing is praising a good person even though he belongs a rightwing party. I ink that most would agree that JH is a man of character and he should be more prominent. It is that simple. Regards, Mirza
Making south punjab a new province will make the prosper and giving idenpendent nation status to Baluchistan and KP would a lot good for pakistan.
If south punjab can province gigit baltistan can province then why not hazara in kp province and karachi in sind.
Mirza STOP Spreading LIES if you are Ignorant
Javed Hashmi is Vice President of the Party. Which Means 2nd In Command after Nawaz Shareef
I do not agree with Mr. Hashmi, On what basis he claims it be 'need of the hour', or 'listen to the voice of the people'. As for the need of the hour, its seems more of the need of the feudals, and descendants of the saints, who will bag more ministries for their off springs, and more 'Sarkari Jobs' will be created for the incompetent and corrupt bureaucracy. The 'People's Voice' can be put to a referendum.The dictators have been attempting to take legitimacy through this farce, why cannot these so called democrats do so. If the Quality of Governance is a bench mark, excellent idea. Show us that quality in the existing province, then by all means go ahead to emulate it. The logic of others countries doing it, makes no sense. They have shown a lot of progress on numerous issues, why can they not be copied, if copying only is the need of the hour.
Hashmi is right, we need more provinces, Karachi to Hyderabad should also be separated from Sindh, Hazara should be separated from KP, and Pathan majority regions should be separated from Balouchistan.
What the problem politicians if any new province will be made ?
Why not ? If others countries eg Turkey , Egypt , France have many provinces why not Pakistan . In 1970 the population of East and West Pakistan combined was 120 million and now it is 180 million minus the population of Bangla Desh (formerly East Pakistan ). The country's population has balooned and so has the problems that the people are facing . I suggest that the present day commissioneries may be upgraded to the level of provinces so that the government reaches the people at their doorstep.
I know my suggestion may be taken non seriously now . But in the long run the people may take serious notice of it
Hashmi is right in his stance for new provinces i.e. to improve the quality of governance in the country; solution of current bloodshed in Sindh (Karachi ) also requires creation of new provinces!
@abdul sami: How are you labelling Javed Hashmi as an "asteen ka saanp?" When the Sharif brothers took the easy way out of Musharraf's jail and opted for the luxury of Suroor Palace in Jeddah, Javed Hashmi was serving the longest jail sentence in Pakistan. But, he did not bow to the dictator and succumb to his demands. Hashmi is a principled leader who is demanding for something that is need of the hour. Do not label people as traitors just because they are raising a just demand that does not meet your whims and wishes. Javed Hashmi, Imran Khan, Marvi Memon are the type of leaders we need if Pakistan is going to pull out of its' present dilemma.
@abdul sami: Didn't know that RAW is working for developing better administered region? Indians have multiplied their provinces since independence, I am sure there must be element pointing to ISI there, but in the end it proves better for masses to have government more accessible.
@Blithe: What do you mean by saying: "Stop trying to divide the country on ethnic lines!" Isn't the country already divided along ethnic lines?? If it is, why should the Seraiki people be denied their rights to their own province? And, why should one province be larger than the three other provinces combined? Each community has a right to self-governance. Isn't this our reasoning when we demand the right of self-determination for the Kashmiris from India???? You cannot be wrong when you apply the principle to yourself, and right when you apply it to others. I also remember MQM people saying at the time of their inception that if you are Sindhis, Punjabis, Pathans, and Baloch, and not Pakistanis, then we are also Mohajir. You may have vaguely heard someone saying: "What's good for the goose is good for the gander."
Punjab: (divided in 2 Provinces) North Punjab & South Punjab
Karachi should be declared as Financial Capital under Islamabad not under Sindh
Sindh: Sukkur or Hyderabad should be the capital
Balochistan: (divided in 2 Provinces) Central Balochistan (capital Quetta); West Balochistan (Capital Gwadar)
KPK: (divided in 2 Provinces) Hazara (Capital Abbotabad); KPK (Capital Peshawar)
Waziristan should be declared as Province
@Vicram Singh:
Better a province be broken up rather than a country.
@abdul sami: " ... The dream of RAW finally being realised,punjab being broken up by PPP to weaken pakistan. ... '
R.A.W's code for this is "Project Takseemistan".
A new province for the urdu speaking,memoni and gujrati speaking people of karachi and hyderabad is also urgently needed and wanted.if a saraiki sooba is going to be made then at the same time a new province in karachi and hyderabad should also be announced by the govt.
Yes we need more provinces. saraiki, bahawalpur, hazara, karachi, Upper Sindh and perhaps a bifurcation of baluchistan. The more the merrier.
@Aristo:
more provinces especially in sindh need to be made.since the ppp has the votes in the sindh assembly it should immediately declare a new province made up of karachi and hyderabad.
nawaz sharif should have seen the aasteen ka samp within his own party.The dream of RAW finally being realised,punjab being broken up by PPP to weaken pakistan.
Voice of the people should be heard as Mr. Hashmi has rightly indicated. More provinces need to be made as it is the need of the hour to save Pakistan and avoid a situation like that of 1971.
I salute the people like Hashmi who do not compromise on principles and not with the dictators. Shame on the PML-N leadership for ignoring JH for any important post in the party.