KP Assembly adopts resolution to create Hazara province
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Opposition MPAs belonging to PPP, ANP and QWP opposed the resolution calling it a conspiracy to divide the province.
PESHAWAR: A resolution moved by the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for creating a new Hazara province was adopted with majority vote by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly, DawnNews reported on Friday.
Opposition MPAs belonging to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Awami National Party (ANP) and Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) opposed the resolution calling it a conspiracy to divide the province.
Earlier, session of the KP Assembly commenced with Speaker Asad Qaiser in the chair. Sardar Idrees of PTI tabled the resolution which was subsequently adopted by the house by majority vote.
The resolution read that the provincial assembly should request federal government to pass a bill for National Assembly for creation of new units including Hazara within the ambit of Constitution with the objective of easing administrative affairs.
Criticising the move by the ruling PTI, ANP’s Parliamentary leader Sardar Hussain Babak said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was like a bouquet and his party opposes any attempt to divide it.
"Keeping in the view the difficulties being faced by the province, it’s time to talk about unity instead of disintegration."
He alleged that resolution is based on linguistic divide and aimed at political point scoring.
PPP MPA Nighat Orakzai also said the demand for dividing the province was not in line with the current circumstances.
PTI MPAs Mushtaq Khan, Wajiuz Zaman and Qalander Lodhi tried to dispel the impression that demand of Hazara province was based on dividing the province on the basis of linguistic identities. We just want to improve administrative set up as people of Hazara were facing a lot of problem in reaching to Peshawar, they said.
During the debate, the treasury which was supporting the resolution about Hazara province become divided and provincial ministers including Sirajul Haq of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) and Shaukat Yousazai of PTI brought another resolution regarding renaming of province as “Hazara Khyber Pakthunkhwa.”
The resolution of renaming the province was also adopted by majority vote.
The house also adopted five more amendment bills including the one of that relating to local.
1. For the Afghan nationalists here who want to annex Pakhtunkhwa in to an Afghan state, if the "Hazara" province is created then the borders between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and "Hazara" would become international borders between "Loy Afghanistan" and Pakistan.
2. Many of the areas of the "Hazara" region are majority Pashtun but would be part of a "Hazara" province against their will.
Here is what one of the readers of the Dawn article above said:
Haripuri:
Pashtuns had to wait 60 years just to rename their province.
Hazaras/Hindkos had to wait less than 60 months just to get a whole new province of their own.
This is while the far longer standing demands for a province for the mainly Pashtun areas of northern Balochistan are ignored.
Pakistan is indeed a "Punjabistan", where Punjabis rule and get what they want. The "Hazaras" speak Hindko, a variant of Punjabi.
Many people in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have become "Pathans" (Punjabified "Pashtuns") and probably do not care, which is why they voted for Punjabi nationalist Imran Khan and his PTI.

Controversial Punjabi nationalist, Imran Khan. Khan has been widely criticized for what were seen as racist remarks against Mohajirs. He also uses the "Islamic card" for his political goals but in the picture above he can be clearly seen not praying properly (in accordance to the Hanafi jurispudence which Pakistanis follow).

Khan not praying correctly on another occassion. This is ironic given that Khan defends "Islamist" radicals in Bangladesh and works with them in Pakistan.
Khan is a supporter of the Jamaat e Islami terrorist organization in Bangladesh which committed war crimes in 1971, organized sex camps for Muslim Bengali women to be raped and voted for the now shameful resolution passed against Bangladesh by the Pakistani parliament earlier this year.
DAWN.COM
Opposition MPAs belonging to PPP, ANP and QWP opposed the resolution calling it a conspiracy to divide the province.
PESHAWAR: A resolution moved by the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for creating a new Hazara province was adopted with majority vote by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly, DawnNews reported on Friday.
Opposition MPAs belonging to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Awami National Party (ANP) and Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) opposed the resolution calling it a conspiracy to divide the province.
Earlier, session of the KP Assembly commenced with Speaker Asad Qaiser in the chair. Sardar Idrees of PTI tabled the resolution which was subsequently adopted by the house by majority vote.
The resolution read that the provincial assembly should request federal government to pass a bill for National Assembly for creation of new units including Hazara within the ambit of Constitution with the objective of easing administrative affairs.
Criticising the move by the ruling PTI, ANP’s Parliamentary leader Sardar Hussain Babak said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was like a bouquet and his party opposes any attempt to divide it.
"Keeping in the view the difficulties being faced by the province, it’s time to talk about unity instead of disintegration."
He alleged that resolution is based on linguistic divide and aimed at political point scoring.
PPP MPA Nighat Orakzai also said the demand for dividing the province was not in line with the current circumstances.
PTI MPAs Mushtaq Khan, Wajiuz Zaman and Qalander Lodhi tried to dispel the impression that demand of Hazara province was based on dividing the province on the basis of linguistic identities. We just want to improve administrative set up as people of Hazara were facing a lot of problem in reaching to Peshawar, they said.
During the debate, the treasury which was supporting the resolution about Hazara province become divided and provincial ministers including Sirajul Haq of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) and Shaukat Yousazai of PTI brought another resolution regarding renaming of province as “Hazara Khyber Pakthunkhwa.”
The resolution of renaming the province was also adopted by majority vote.
The house also adopted five more amendment bills including the one of that relating to local.
1. For the Afghan nationalists here who want to annex Pakhtunkhwa in to an Afghan state, if the "Hazara" province is created then the borders between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and "Hazara" would become international borders between "Loy Afghanistan" and Pakistan.
2. Many of the areas of the "Hazara" region are majority Pashtun but would be part of a "Hazara" province against their will.
Here is what one of the readers of the Dawn article above said:
Haripuri:
This Hazara province (coming from a Hazerawal) is a drama made by rich people who want more control of the wealth and power in their areas. It has nothing to do with ethnicity or identity; only some members of masses are gullible enough to believe that. Almost 70% of Hazara Divison can speak or understands Pakhto. Gohar Ayub, Baba Haider Zaman etc are opportunists looking to ride this trend for their own gains since they've become pretty much politically invalid. Only place it makes sense to have more provinces is Punjab because it is too big, heavily populated and the people in South Punjab need easier access to an administrative center.
Pashtuns had to wait 60 years just to rename their province.
Hazaras/Hindkos had to wait less than 60 months just to get a whole new province of their own.
This is while the far longer standing demands for a province for the mainly Pashtun areas of northern Balochistan are ignored.
Pakistan is indeed a "Punjabistan", where Punjabis rule and get what they want. The "Hazaras" speak Hindko, a variant of Punjabi.
Many people in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have become "Pathans" (Punjabified "Pashtuns") and probably do not care, which is why they voted for Punjabi nationalist Imran Khan and his PTI.

Controversial Punjabi nationalist, Imran Khan. Khan has been widely criticized for what were seen as racist remarks against Mohajirs. He also uses the "Islamic card" for his political goals but in the picture above he can be clearly seen not praying properly (in accordance to the Hanafi jurispudence which Pakistanis follow).

Khan not praying correctly on another occassion. This is ironic given that Khan defends "Islamist" radicals in Bangladesh and works with them in Pakistan.
Khan is a supporter of the Jamaat e Islami terrorist organization in Bangladesh which committed war crimes in 1971, organized sex camps for Muslim Bengali women to be raped and voted for the now shameful resolution passed against Bangladesh by the Pakistani parliament earlier this year.




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