No constitutional provisoin for new provinces

ANP Senior Vice President and Parliamentary Leader in Senate Haji Muhammad Adeel said that despite enactment of 18th and 19th amendment; there was no provision in the constitution to create new provinces in the country.

While talking to party workers in Peshawar on Wednesday, Haji Adeel said that it was clearly mentioned in Article 1 of the constitution about the province and areas that fall into the country or may be added at any time to this effect.

Creation of new provinces would not only be possible through Article 239 (4) or presenting a bill in the parliament, adding that for this purpose drastic changes would have to be made in the constitution and dozens of articles would have to be reframed which was not possible in the present political divide.

Haji Adeel said that MQM formerly known as Mohajir Qoomi Mahaz, in order to create rift among Pakhtoons was trying to pit the tribal Pakhtoon against those of the settle areas.

He said that MQM was also trying to set Hazara Pakhtoon against non Hazara Pakhtoon and MQM started working on these lines in Karachi. He told his party workers that MQM was doing so because Pakhtoon have very successfully challenged MQM in its former no go areas in Karachi. He said that MQM with the help of Martial law Governments had created an environment of terror in Karachi and murdered thousands of innocent people, kidnapped countless for ransom and extracted money from Karachiets through the use of force. He said that Pakhtuns have very bravely fought against the tyranny of MQM in Karachi and this was evident from the success of Pakhtuns in the recent elections in which they grabbed two seats.

They also raised the flag of ANP in Karachi and held a historic public meeting at the bank of the river in Karachi. They also exhibited their strength while the Chief Justice was blocked by MQM in Karachi and on this occasion 50 Pakhtoons laid their lives. For these reasons the MQM was trying to sow the seed of contention among Pakhtoon of Hazara and FATA adding that they would not succeed in their nefarious designs.