Party president Dr Malik Baloch released the document at a news conference hosted at the Quetta Press Club. PHOTO: FILE
QUETTA:
Unveiling his party’s election manifesto on Friday, the head of the National Party (NP) called for demarcating the country’s federating units on “ethnic, cultural and linguistic grounds”.
National Party president Dr Malik Baloch released the document at a news conference hosted at the Quetta Press Club. The party offered demarcation as a solution to the deadly ethnic, religious and cultural strife in the province of Balochistan. “The federating units should be re-demarcated on ethnic, cultural and linguistic basis,” Dr Malik said.
Though the federal government will retain currency, foreign policy and defence, he said, other subjects will be transferred to the provinces.
He pointed out that Pakistan was not a nation-state, it is a country of diverse nationalities and every nationality has its own identity, language, culture, customs and particular social structure.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 13th, 2013.
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People against such demarcation should leave Punjab and live in Balochistan and Pakhtunkhwa to know the ground realities. From Punjab any talk of a distributive solution looks like a conspiracy against Pakistan. Thus the cycle of deprivation continues.
The only viable solution to run this country. New social contract can solve our problems. We need to accept and live with diversity.
Ghetto-ization as a solution to ethnic and sectarian violence. What a great idea!
Wouldn't it further divide the ethnic communities?
What are politicians doing other than dividing this nation for their own benefits.
Remember 'United we stand, Divided we fall".