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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said that the resolution on the creation of new provinces was brought to the National Assembly after it was earlier rejected in the Punjab Assembly, FTNews reported.
Addressing the NA, PM Gilani said the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was in favour of creating new provinces, and that the party would also support any such resolutions in the future.
History would not forgive us if the new provinces issue was not taken seriously, said the prime minister. Moreover, consensus has to be created on the issue, he added.
Earlier during the day, PPP leader and federal minister Khurshid Ahmed Shah announced in a noisy National Assembly that consensus had been developed on the formation of Seraeki province and the government was going to table a bill regarding the subject in the lower house of parliament, FTNews reported.
Shah further told the session that a consensus was being developed regarding the formation of a Hazara province.
Meanwhile, MNAs from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chanted slogans and protested that the resolution for the creation of new provinces had not been put on the NA’s agenda for Friday’s session which was being chaired by Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi.
Moreover, Awami National Party’s Ghulam Ahmed Bilour said his party was not in favour of dividing the Sindh province, adding that provincial assemblies should decide the issue of creating new provinces.
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