Overview
- The Istehkam Pakistan Party proposed replacing the current four provinces with 16 smaller provinces by splitting Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa into four each, including North, South, East and West Punjab, without changing provincial identities.
- Aleem Khan said the party has launched a movement for the plan and welcomed support from MQM, yet no constitutional or parliamentary steps have been announced.
- He argued that smaller administrative units would bring government and courts closer to citizens and ease access to services now concentrated far from many communities.
- He tied the push to local projects, announcing plans to link Kamoke and Gujranwala to the Lahore–Sialkot–Kharian Motorway and to widen the route from four to six lanes, saying the prime minister would be invited to inaugurate the work.
- Addressing national security, he claimed that seven enemy aircraft, including four Indian Rafales, were downed in May 2025 without Pakistani losses, statements presented as his assertions.