Last Updated on August 17, 2026 by YeJahan
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KARACHI (Aug 16, 2026): The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has entered the fray to create new administrative units across the country, specifically advocating for a new province in Sindh.
MQM-P’s Chairman Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, at a press conference in Karachi on Sunday, said Pakistan’s existing administrative structure no longer corresponds to the country’s demographic realities and governance requirements; thus, his party was taking the initiative to approach other parties to begin a “grand national dialogue” on the creation of new provinces in the country.
Siddiqui, alongside senior MQM-P leaders Dr Farooq Sattar and Mustafa Kamal, urged political parties to rise above partisan differences and build a consensus on administrative reforms.
“We have been reiterating for the past 40 years that Pakistan’s existing provinces were not created in accordance with all merits of law and were made on linguistic grounds,” the MQM-P boss said.
“The country’s growing population also presented the need for the creation of new administrative units,” he added.
He went on to clarify that his party was not asking for the creation of new administrative units only in Sindh but across the country; however, he noted that the case for new provinces remained the “strongest” in Sindh.
Siddiqui said, “Wherever there is support for new provinces, we will stand with that voice.”
Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui also highlighted Article 140-A, a provision integrated into the Constitution via the 18th Amendment in 2010. This article mandates that provincial governments devolve political, administrative, and financial authority directly to elected local representatives.
Expressing deep regret over its lack of implementation, the MQM-P chairman remarked: “We took part in the sin of the 18th Amendment so that a common Pakistani can reap the fruits of democracy through Article 140-A.”
MQM-P leader and Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal also joined the chorus for new provinces, maintaining that the call for administrative units was “not about division, but rather administrative rearrangement”.
He said his party was calling for a system where “people should have the right to vote for change in leadership if their city has been reduced to the third least livable city in the world”.
