PTI warns against ‘hasty decisions’ on provinces

PTI warns against 'hasty decisions' on provinces.

Key points

• Ishaq Tanoli Published September 8, 2026 Updated September 8, 2026 07: 41am.
• "We opposed the 26th and 27th amendments and will oppose the 28th Amendment as well, " he maintained.
• He pressed building consensus on the matter, similar to the large-scale political agreement reached at the time of the 18th Amendment in 2010.
• Ishaq Tanoli is a Karachi-based reporter for Dawn with over 20 years of experience covering judicial and electoral affairs.
• PTI leader Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Monday cautioned against making any "hasty decision" regarding the creation of new provinces, saying it would weaken the federation.

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KP CM backs Sindh's stance, notes will not backing new units without Imran's nod Gohar notes decision without consensus to weaken federation Senate opposition leader suggests collective stand against move.

While PTI interim chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan cautioned the federal administration against "hasty decisions" that could weaken the federation, KARACHI: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Monday remarked the PTI would not back any move to create new provinces without the explicit approval of party founder Imran Khan.

Addressing a ceremony organised by the Sindh High Court Bar Association in Karachi, the KP chief minister remarked his party stood with the residents of Sindh on the matter of provinces. He criticised the constitutional amendments, saying that out of 27 amendments so far created in the Constitution, residents only benefited from the 18th and 25th amendments while other changes were allegedly aimed at giving exemption to those in power from accountability.

PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja asserted that changes to the country's constitutional framework were being planned to introduce the 28th Constitutional Amendment that would alter the constitutional requirement of a two-thirds majority in a provincial assembly for the creation of provinces. "We opposed the 26th and 27th amendments and will oppose the 28th Amendment as well, " he maintained. Gohar cautions against 'hasty decisions'.

PTI leader Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Monday cautioned against making any "hasty decision" regarding the creation of new provinces, saying it would weaken the federation. Speaking to reporters in the federal capital, the PTI chairman remarked that dividing any of the four provinces, if done against the will of their residents and their representatives, would "weaken the federation".

"Let a consensus be formed first; a commission should be set up on it, and deliberations should be held. Eventually, the new parliament that will come, those public representatives should review and provide consensus, " the PTI chairman remarked.

"Any decision, if taken, should be created after that. Making any hasty decision, in our opinion, will be against the federation's unity, " Mr Gohar remarked. Senator notes lack of discussion.

Opposition Leader in Senate Allama Raja Nasir Abbas. This person is part of the opposition alliance Tehreek-I-Tahafuz Ayeen-I-Pakistan (TTAP), questioned the lack of a discussion in parliament on the matter.

During an interaction with journalists, the opposition leader remarked, "Neither the federal cabinet has made the decision, nor have the National Assembly or Senate or the provinces discussed it."

"Why is this matter being raised when no discussion has been held? From whom is this?" he asked.

For context, the opposition leader contended that the PML-N's "party policy was silent" on the matter. He suggested that the administration should "gather all parties and take a collective stand against this dangerous move". "The opposition would also support them for Constitutional supremacy and for Pakistan's stability, " he continued. Published in Dawn, September 8th, 2026.

Ishaq Tanoli is a Karachi-based reporter for Dawn with over 20 years of experience covering judicial and electoral affairs. As well as election matters, his reporting focuses on the proceedings of the Supreme Court and Sindh High Court. He can be discovered on X at @ishaqtanolihotm.

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