Overview
- The Sindh Assembly adopted a resolution on Thursday, September 3, 2026, unanimously by members present, rejecting any plan to alter the province’s territorial limits or create a new province from Sindh.
- Main opposition MQM-P staged a walkout before the vote while saying it seeks stronger administrative units and devolution of powers to fix Karachi’s governance problems rather than a territorial breakup.
- Sindhi nationalist groups have staged a public campaign against the proposal and announced street protests starting September 20 to resist what they call threats to Sindh’s identity and control of coastal and urban areas.
- The assembly cited Article 239(4) of the Constitution, which requires a provincial two-thirds majority before any amendment that would change a province’s borders can be sent for presidential assent, giving the provincial house a legal veto over boundary changes.
- Debate focused on governance as much as territory, with PPP leaders framing the vote as protection of Sindh’s unity and critics arguing the dispute diverts attention from corruption and service failures in Karachi; this dynamic may push further demands for clearer local powers or federal engagement on urban reform.