The Pakistan government is going ahead with its plan to create the new South Punjab province by bifurcating Punjab and would move a Bill in the National Assembly, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced on Wednesday.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Punjab Assembly seats will be reduced to 251 \nfrom the current 371 while 120 seats have been proposed for the South \nPunjab Assembly in the Bill.Qureshi said that certain constitutional \namendments have to be passed for the formation of the new South Punjab \nprovince.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The region will turn into a province when amendments to\n Articles 59, 51, 1, 106, 158 and 218 of the Constitution are \npassed.\u201cThe province will come into being through Article 51, it calls \nfor the separate formation of the assembly. South Punjab will also get \nrepresentation in the Senate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The planned South Punjab \nprovince will be the sixth province of Pakistan after Balochistan, \nKhyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh and Gilgit Baltistan.Qureshi, a senior\n leader of the ruling PTI, said that the National Assembly Speaker will \nformulate a special committee for consent on the Bill.\u201cWe require \nco-operation of different parties for a two-thirds majority, said \nQureshi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Qureshi said that he had held a meeting with Pakistan \nPeoples Party\u2019s leadership. \u201cI request them to support us as it is in \nour joint interest and also a part of the PTI manifesto.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe \nbelieve it strengthens a federation, and have decided to hold political \ndialogue with like-minded political parties,\u201d he said.\u201cI am hopeful they\n will review their attitude over it,\u201d he said.The National Assembly, \nPakistan\u2019s lower house, has a total 342 seats, which means the Pakistan \nTehreek-e-Insaf needs 228 votes to get its way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The PTI has 157 \nlawmakers. The Pakistan Muslim League-N has 84 members and the Pakistan \nPeoples Party has 54 lawmakers in Parliament. There are four \nindependents.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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