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Sindh Assembly Rejects Plans to Divide Province

The resolution invoked Article 239(4) to require provincial consent for any boundary change and thus raises the constitutional hurdle for federal moves to redraw Sindh.

Overview

  • The Sindh Assembly unanimously adopted the resolution at a session that concluded Thursday, rejecting any proposal to alter the province’s territorial limits or create a new province out of Sindh.
  • The text cites Article 239(4) of the Constitution, which says a provincial assembly must pass any amendment affecting its boundaries by a two‑thirds majority before it can go to the president for assent.
  • MQM‑P lawmakers said they want stronger administrative units to fix Karachi’s governance problems and not a breakup of Sindh, but they staged a walkout and did not cast votes on the resolution.
  • Sindhi nationalist groups have announced street protests beginning September 20 and provincial leaders warned that any attempt to change boundaries without assembly consent could spark unrest and law‑and‑order risks.
  • Federal voices remain split — some officials call the debate premature while others have proposed sweeping province‑creation plans — so the vote raises the legal and political obstacles any national restructuring would face and keeps governance reform as a separate, unresolved demand.