MQM-P terms new administrative units ‘destiny of Pakistan’

MQM-P terms new administrative units 'destiny of Pakistan'.

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• Mohammad Hussain Khan Published September 7, 2026 Updated September 7, 2026 08: 17am.
• He remarked that today's Bangladesh had 20-25m population in 1947 and had the resources.
• Mohammad Hussain Khan is a staff reporter and investigative journalist for Dawn based in Hyderabad, where he has worked since 1994.
• According to Dr Farooq Sattar, it's time to talk concerning the agenda of reforms after last year's Marka-I-Haq.
• Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui notes Constitution not only provides for, but additionally demands changes in provinces' boundaries.

Mohammad Hussain Khan Published September 7, 2026 Updated September 7, 2026 08: 17am. Join our Whatsapp Channel. Add Dawn as a trusted source.

HYDERABAD: Mutta­hida Qaumi Move­ment-Pakistan (MQM-P) has reiterated its stance that new administrative units will become the 'destiny of Pakistan', where such restructuring has now been inevitable to create external successes, achieved last year, sustainable.

Speaking at a Defence Day programme organised by the party's local chapter at Koh-I-Noor Chowk on Sunday evening, MQM-P Chairman Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Mustafa Kamal, Dr Farooq Sattar and other senior leaders explained their party's position on the matter. Anis Kaimkhani was additionally present.

According to Dr Siddiqui, it's Pakistan that cannot be divided, the rest is just administrative units or provinces.

According to him, the procedure for changes in the boundaries of provinces is not only mentioned in the Constitution, but it is additionally 'demanded' by the Constitution.

He remarked that today's Bangladesh had 20-25m population in 1947 and had the resources. Its rulers created districts as per people's wish with growth in population. Therefore, with the same rationale provinces' number should be rose depending on population.

He remarked that divisions and districts could be created and so could provinces.

He remarked that the MQM-P was not demanding a province for itself, but for Pakistan as administrative units considering the population numbers and the ones based on lingual grounds so that they could represent Pakistan for which a struggle had been rolled out. "When provinces will be created in the country, they will be created in our area as well, " he continued.

"The Muttahida had committed the sin of the 18th Constitutional Amend­ment only to show the path of transfer of democratic benefits at grass root level in the country. Had the party not been part of it, the PPP and PML-N would still obtain it passed, " he argued.

He remarked that this amendment had led to 'accumulation of powers' instead of 'devolution of powers', and the powers had been stuck with jageerdars. This person needed to be expelled from all those spaces from where they had kept common man away from real freedom.

According to Dr Siddiqui, pakistan has been blessed with leadership of this region ever-since its external successes last year.

"Pakistan runs like blood in our veins. We don't need any certificate of patriotism and none had the capacity to demand such a certificate from us, " he remarked.

MQM-P Senior Vice Chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal remarked: "The Mecca Agreement has been inked after Pakistan defused regional tensions as a successful mediator that could have potentially caused World War-III". He remarked that Pakistan is taking the lead in the region despite Indian attempts to defame it.

While Pakistan had created solid gains externally and produced its defence impregnable, its internal weaknesses remained a different story. "Children die in gutters or lack of anti-rabies vaccine (ARV); and people suffer from HIV here, " he remarked. He stated that provinces were given Rs8, 884bn by the federation this year alone for expenditures, still a sizeable population had been disenfranchised and residents were taking up arms. He remarked that army could not deliver the ARV.

Mr Kamal remarked all these matters were directly relatable to bad governance which had become an embarrassment. But, he remarked, now the formula for saving Pakistan and saving the state had been aligned. He remarked it was time to unite and capitalise on this opportunity.

According to Dr Farooq Sattar, it's time to talk concerning the agenda of reforms after last year's Marka-I-Haq. He stressed that there was a need to lessen distance between masses and administration, and decision making needed to be transferred to residents. Published in Dawn, September 7th, 2026.

Mohammad Hussain Khan is a staff reporter and investigative journalist for Dawn based in Hyderabad, where he has worked since 1994. As well as health, the environment, and the judicial system, he covers governance, agriculture, and water resources.

Taken together, the developments around MQM-P terms new administrative units 'destiny of Pakistan' point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.