US EditionSindh Assembly Passes Resolution Rejecting Calls to Separate Karachi From Province
The Sindh Assembly unanimously rejected proposals to separate Karachi, emphasizing constitutional protections and historic ties as essential to provincial unity and national cohesion.
- On Saturday, the Sindh Assembly passed a resolution declaring Karachi an inseparable part of the province, rejecting any move to create a separate Karachi province.
- Earlier this week, MQM‑P's Mustafa Kamal criticised the provincial administration, contending the resolution contradicted the Constitution and citing their 'shifted' stance since supporting the 2019 Sindh Assembly resolution.
- Murad rejected claims of unconstitutionality and noted that boundary changes require a two‑thirds majority requirement , recalling Sindh's resistance to the One Unit scheme and the restoration of Sindh .
- The house said it stood united beyond party lines, with Muhammad Farooq, Jamaat‑i‑Islami MPA, and PTI MPs Shabbir Qureshi and Sajjad Soomro supporting the resolution while MQM‑P leaders did not.
- The resolution warned that dividing Sindh would breach the constitutional spirit, citing Article 239, while the assembly invoked `Pakistan Khappay` to emphasize federalism.
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Sindh Assembly passes resolution rejecting calls to separate Karachi from province
The Sindh Assembly on Saturday passed a resolution declaring that Karachi was and would remain an integral and inseparable part of the province amid renewed debate over the city’s constitutional status. The resolution, presented by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, came as last month Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader and Health Minister Mustafa Kamal called for Karachi to be declared Pakistan’s economic capital and placed under …
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