{"id":4221,"date":"2026-11-11T18:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T13:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4221"},"modified":"2026-11-11T18:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T13:03:44","slug":"decision-on-new-provinces-made-only-boundaries-remain-to-be-drawn-fawad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4221","title":{"rendered":"Decision on new provinces made, only boundaries remain to be drawn: Fawad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--  media--embed  \" data-original-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FH0bfSfg49U\">\n<div class=\"media__item  media__item--youtube  \"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FH0bfSfg49U?enablejsapi=1&amp;controls=1&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0\" loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry has claimed that a decision has already been made to create new provinces in Pakistan, with only their boundaries and geographical divisions left to be determined.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a news conference alongside National Dialogue Committee leaders in Islamabad, he said the country needed better governance, democratic reforms and political stability.<\/p>\n<p>Fawad said political stability had become a distant dream and stressed the need for a charter of democracy to bring political forces together.<\/p>\n<p>He accused the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) of delaying the matter until 2029, alleging that the two parties had sidelined opposition groups in political decision-making and adopted an \u201cIdhar hum, udhar tum\u201d (we here, you there) approach.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full sm:w-full  media--center  media--embed  media--uneven media--tweet\" data-original-src=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fawadchaudhry\/status\/2120474164226351602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2120474164226351602%7Ctwgr%5E33311d7698d965a062c008381ec2bea5c8a5d32d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aaj.tv%2Fnews%2F30525082\">\n<div class=\"media__item  media__item--twitter  \"><span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fawadchaudhry\/status\/2120474164226351602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2120474164226351602%7Ctwgr%5E33311d7698d965a062c008381ec2bea5c8a5d32d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aaj.tv%2Fnews%2F30525082\"><\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He warned that if the issue of new provinces was delayed until the Senate elections, establishing them could become difficult.<\/p>\n<p>The former minister announced that the National Dialogue Committee would consult all political parties on the creation of new provinces and discuss ways to address the country\u2019s economic challenges.<\/p>\n<p>He also called for the formation of a national government, saying political stability and economic reforms required all political parties to come to the negotiating table.<\/p>\n<p>Fawad claimed that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan also supported the creation of new provinces.<\/p>\n<p>In a subsequent statement on social media platform X, he reiterated that a national government should be formed before the Senate elections.<\/p>\n<p>He said Pakistan needed a political reset and economic reforms, adding that all political parties would have to share the burden of difficult decisions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry has claimed that a decision has already been made to create new provinces in Pakistan, with only their boundaries and geographical divisions left to be determined. Speaking at a news conference alongside National Dialogue Committee leaders in Islamabad, he said the country needed better governance, democratic reforms and political stability. Fawad said political stability had become a distant dream and stressed the need for a charter of democracy to bring political forces together. He accused the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}