Govt to take all stakeholders on board on new provinces: PM

MULTAN: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said that the government would take on board all the stakeholders regarding the issue of new provinces, DawnNews reported.

Calls for creating new provinces have been growing louder with politicians and activists demanding provincial status for Bahawalpur, Hazara and Seraiki belt.
Speaking to media representatives in Multan, Prime Minister Gilani said law and order in the cases of Karachi and Balochistan were essentially provincial issues.
He further expressed hope that peace would be restored in Karachi and said Pakistan’s security issues had an inextricable link with the conflict in Afghanistan