More provinces to strengthen country: Altaf

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain here on Sunday said that increasing the number of provinces will only strengthen the country, Geo News reported.

Addressing via telephone a crowd of thousands of MQM supporters and workers at its ‘Qaumi Yakjehti Jalsa’ (national unity meeting) here at Jinnah Ground near MQM Headquarters, he supported the idea of creation of more provinces in the country and proposed holding of a referendum on the issue.

“Creation of more provinces will only strengthen the country,” Altaf Hussain believed.

The MQM Chief said: “MQM is not in favor of a bloody revolution but it would be impossible to stop the people if atrocities continued unabated.”

“The manifesto of MQM is the one present in Hujjat-ul-Wida sermon of Hazrat Muhammad (SAW), who made it clear that nobody with fair complexion enjoyed any superiority to any dark skinned person,” Altaf Hussain claimed amid vociferous slogans by a massive crowd.

He said MQM is laced with weapons of love, brotherhood and harmony. “MQM has a gun that only applies ointment to wounds,” he added, asking the participants of today’s public meeting to testify that they were not forced to come at gunpoint.

The MQM Chief said the fervour visible in the participants of today’s meeting is comparable to the ardor seen during Pakistan movement.
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“Islam, the religion of peace and harmony, is the religion of Pakistan; Islam is our basis while democracy is the building; positive points of socialism are its bricks and; its beauty comes from controlled capitalism and controlled privatization,” he pointed out.**

Altaf Hussain left it up to the people of the country decide whether they want what he said ‘feudal system controlled by 2 percent population’ or ‘a literate system of 98 percent population’.

He said only a revolution would usher in an era in which those looting the country and orchestrating kidnappings for ransom are publicly hanged. “The properties of landlords and feudals will not be destroyed rather educational institutions and hospitals will be established there,” he said.

Altaf Hussain called upon the youth of Punjab to join hands with MQM and urged the ‘Army, Rangers and police to stand in support of the poor at the time of revolution.’ People would hug you with love, he added.

He no politician said anything when the US government demanded repatriation of its ‘citizen who murdered three youths’.

“Balochistan is also a part of Pakistan and talks should be held with the Baloch people instead of opening fire at them,” Altaf Hussain advised.

He sought support of students of Pakistan, saying ‘support your Altaf Bhai’.

The MQM Chief called for immediate eradication of extortion in Sindh or else ‘path of revolution will be adopted’.
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i like his quote in bold, more provinces allows for more control and better representation for the people, maybe that’s the thinking behind proposing something like this.

Re: More provinces to strengthen country: Altaf

You are talking to the wall. Sindhis don't like to lose karachi, but forget that when a province / "state" that existed in bhawalpur before it was merged in Punjab after dissolution of One Unit can't be made without being called a traitor and an army operation against you. Pakistan is ****ied up beyond repair right now so let it limp along.

Re: More provinces to strengthen country: Altaf

This is nothing but a cheap publicity stunt by Altaf

Dividing the country into more provinces means:

  • more governors and chief ministers + more money wasted on their upkeep, palaces, protocols etc.
  • more state machinery + provincial cabinets and god knows how many provincial ministers in each cabinet :D
  • more bureaucracy, provincial chief secretaries + their enormous khurchey

In short more VVIP curse / more wastage of resources at every level

Can't we all just educate ourselves first and think as Pakistanis first?
Can't we all just get over this provincial BS and get along?

Thanks!!

Re: More provinces to strengthen country: Altaf

On second thoughts the following probably make sense

  • dividing Sind into Sind + a province for predominantly Urdu-speakers but how are you going to settle Karachi?
  • merging Southern Punjab (Bahawalpur etc.) with Sind as a compromise
  • dividing Punjab into Punjab and Saraikistan
  • dividing KP into KP + hindko-speaking province

but then you should have just one elected chief minister or elected governor for each province and the smallest possible cabinet + bureaucracy

These are all very sensitive and contentious issues and there are no right or wrong answers or quick fixes IMO

We have 7 provinces as it is if you count Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and FATA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_Pakistan

Do we really need more?

Re: More provinces to strengthen country: Altaf

Altaf can accomodate a few provines in his behind.

Re: More provinces to strengthen country: Altaf

There should be a referendum in a particular province to be devided...not by some incompetent foolish politicians' statement... :D

PS: More provinces will bring more administrational costs...do we have money for that?

Re: More provinces to strengthen country: Altaf

Well said.

That was hillarious :omg:

Re: More provinces to strengthen country: Altaf

اچھی بات گندے منہ سے نکلی ہے

Re: More provinces to strengthen country: Altaf

NO need for democracy so we should stick to dictatorship as it is "Cheaper" any day than zardari! :D

Why not tax the people and their income that live there to get revenue like all the civilized countries in the world do?

Re: More provinces to strengthen country: Altaf

Restoration of Bahwalpur .
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\02\08\story_8-2-2011_pg3_4

Re: More provinces to strengthen country: Altaf

I wonder why the piece of crap pretends his party is doing nothing when it comes to spreading terror and violence. weapons of love hahaha! Keep in mind that they killed more people in Karachi as a result of target killings than the Taliban in the last 6 months or so, maybe even more. No mention how whether that US diplomat needs to be tried or not either. Just his plain old racist BS about provinces and ethnicities.

Re: More provinces to strengthen country: Altaf

racism, ethnicity and violence that is all this man can ever cause or talk about, one way or the other

Re: More provinces to strengthen country: Altaf

talking of division at a 'qoumi yakjehti jalsa'...nice! only mqm can pull stunts like these with a straight face

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Other than the fact that its coming form AH, there is nothing wrong with the idea. Pakistan definitely need more administrative units (read provinces) but division should not be driven by ethnicity (which is Altaf bhai's most likely motivation) rather in a way that Pakistan can be governed in better way.

Its about time we stop getting emotional whenever division of province comes up and stop equating it to "division of Pakistan". Creating new administrative units should really be on-going process and Parliament should amend the Constitution and lay down set rules so new units are formed automatically once old unit hits the threshold.

Re: More provinces to strengthen country: Altaf

who is preventing mqm from making more efficient and effective administrative units within their own province, they are the ruling party there, arnt they? draw a plan, put it fwd, enable it and show everyone how well it works, why the need of a new province to bring better governance?

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This is one of the worst guys of Pak Politics- issuing statements from London, condemning creation of Pakistan and talking about restructuring Pakistan! What a hypocrazy guy!

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Pakistan is 6th poupulated cournty in the world and have 4 provinces with compare other top 9 countries and number of provinces for example japan 10th pouplated with 47 provinces, Naigeria with 37 and Indonesia 7 and Bangldesh even have 7 provinces, USA 50 with 3rd in poupulation, Brazil with 27, its not mean that all the above countries leaders are or were DUMP like Altaf to make atleast provinces to run a good governace according to there poupulation and area sizes. Japan even half size of Pakistan with 47 provinces. and they have just 13 ministers to run all the country, ofcourse Governor of each state and Mayors.

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^ question is, whats stopping Altaf to put forward reforms in sindh assembly where his party is a major partner, and show the nation that by making smaller administrative units, with current leaders and ruling scheme, we can do any better? why cannot he do that? just prove this concept in half of the sindh only, just make out more districts and pursue their partners (pee pee pee) to break down the current administrative councils into several smaller units and show us how its gonna work with so much ethnic infested and personality worshiping nature of our people. its only going to intensify the ethnic issue... and if only having smaller administrative units is the way to go, why divide on ethnic/ language basis? why not divide on the basis of resources and other such things?

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well i dont know if its need an aproval from Federal Govt. or Provincial Assembly can do it!! well i want to everyone to look this idea not becoz Altaf present it, but becoz its a realy need in Pakistan for betterment of peoples, and ofcourse you are right to worry about negative facts too. its need to be done by only for sake of pakistani peoples not for politicians dirty games.

Re: More provinces to strengthen country: Altaf

His story is available here on this page by his own security chief in the thread
** New Civilian Cheif, In uniform.**

That is not surprising.