PML-N seeks PTI govt’s support for creation of South Punjab province

Leader of the Opposition within the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif on Th declared that the PML-N was able to extend its "full cooperation" for the creation of a South Punjab province and therefore the restoration of the Bahawalpur province in Punjab.

Taking the ground, the PML-N president said his party was considering tabling a personal bill for this purpose and demanded that the govt. extend support during this regard.

Sharif said the PTI had additionally secure to form the South Punjab province and it should currently take steps for its implementation. "Don't run faraway from the [creation of the] province; the govt. itself had secure it," Sharif reminded the treasury benches.

He additionally assured the govt. of his unconditional support for the project. "We are able to establish the southern Punjab province with our heart and soul," he added.

When PTI lawmaker ameer Dogar defendant the opposition parties of "point scoring" on the problem, Sharif responded by saying, "This isn't purpose rating. do not mention the past or a chest can open [...] support the personal bill [for the creation of the province]."

Dogar was of the view that the PML-N was politicking on the the problem by seeking the restoration of the Bahawalpur province.

"The Bahawalpur province isn't viable: how will 3 districts be declared a separate province?" he asked, adding that a committee ought to be legitimate to appear into the matter.

Also speaking on the matter, minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi required a political accord over the problem.

Taking the ground, he advised that a parliamentary committee comprising the senior leadership of all political parties be legitimate to appear into the professionals and cons of bifurcating Punjab. Meanwhile, the lawmakers ought to avoid political purpose rating on this matter, he requested.

Qureshi conjointly invited all political parties to support the PTI government within the Punjab Assembly, the National Assembly, and also the Senate for the creation of the South Punjab province.

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari claimed the credit for highlight the problem of South Punjab province, expression he was proud that the ppp had obsessed the problem of creation of provinces.

"We can get support for the bill within the Senate likewise because the National Assembly," he said and hoped that the PTI government won't back down from the problem.

Meanwhile, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-(Fazl) lawmaker Maulana Abdul Wasay cautioned that each step for the creation of a replacement province ought to be taken with care, because it could result in new demands for the creation of additional provinces out of alternative federating units.

Taking part within the discussion, ppp Leader Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said all political parties had secure the creation of a South Punjab province and no purpose scoring ought to be drained this regard.

Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Tariq Bashir Cheema, however, needed the creation of the Bahawalpur province rather than the South Punjab province.

He urged a vote be control in Bahawalpur to determine whether or not the people wished a Bahawalpur province or a South Punjab province.

“Bahawalpur may be a separate entity having nothing to do with the South Punjab province,” Cheema aforesaid, adding that he was in favour of restoring the Bahawalpur province rather than creating it a part of a bigger South Punjab province.

"The speeches of the prime minister are on the record [in that he] secure to make the Bahawalpur province," the PML-Q leader aforesaid.