Case of Punjab...we refuse to be lesser citizens...

[MangoMan]

@DD

Shadan, now you are talking about a completey different thing, provincial autonomy. Be specific, what exactly you mean by provincial autonomy? What you want the provinces to get that they are not getting now in terms of autonomy

By provincial autonomy I mean financial and political autonomy.
(1) The people in every province should have the right to elect their representatives into (real)power. People in Balochistan, Sindh or NWFP cannot elect people of their choice into power today under the current setup.
(2) Every province should have the right to make its own trade agreements nationally and internationally.

With regards to NWFP or Pakhtunkhaw, whatever you want to name it, you will be much more vulnerable to less development and education with provincial autonomy. Religious parties are likely to be strongest in NWFP, and look at the laws they wil bring to NWFP, like Hasba bill, Sharia bill etc. WOuld you want that to happen?

Let the problems of other provinces be solved by their own people. Don’t think of us as if we are incompetant and illetrate people who don’t know how to make laws and all. Please don’t think Punjab is a messiah saving all the neglected people of Pakistan. Hasba Bill and Sharia Bill would be dealt by the people of NWFP as they want. I don’t want to argue them because then the topic would be dirverted to somewhere else. But just want to let you know that the Hasba Bill Sharia bill people wouldn’t have come to power if they were not brought to power by the not so pashtoon ISI. So lets not talk about that. We are civilized people and we can make laws and take care of ourselves.