Islamabad: Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said the Pakistan Peoples Party shows a soft corner when the creation of a Seraiki province is discussed but raises the issue of Sindhudesh when proposals for more provinces or administrative units are brought forward.
In a statement posted on X, Khawaja Asif said he sees something else behind what he described as the PPP’s contradictory policy.
The defence minister said the devolution of powers had been provided for through the 18th Constitutional Amendment but had not been fully implemented.
He argued that the concentration of powers had made the existing system outdated, adding that whether new structures were called provinces or administrative units, the transfer of powers was unavoidable.
Separately, Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah said the Pakistan Muslim League-N believed that discussing new provinces at this stage was premature.
He described recent speeches in the assemblies as unnecessary, saying resolutions similar to the one passed by the Sindh Assembly had also been adopted in the past.
Rana Sanaullah said the intensity created around the issue of provinces was unnecessary and that the National Assembly had also been unnecessarily targeted during speeches in the Sindh Assembly.
He added that the PPP was taking such positions for political reasons, while acknowledging that any division of Sindh remained an extremely important issue for the party’s politics.
