South Punjab Province

South Punjab (Punjabi, Saraiki, Urdu: جنوبی پنجاب),^[1]^[2] also proposed as Bahawalpur-South Punjab or Saraikistan,^[3] are the names for the proposals to create a new so called province in Pakistan, out of the southern regions of Punjab.^[4] The region comprises the Bahawalpur, Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan divisions.^[5]^[6]^[7] The proposed province would form about 52 percent of the total area and almost 40 percent of the population of the current Punjab province.^[8]^[9]

^ "پاکستان تحریک انصاف جنوبی پنجاب کی محرومیوں کا ازالہ کرنے کیلئے پرعزم ہے، پنجاب کابینہ نے جنوبی پنجاب سیکرٹریٹ کی خودمختاری کیلئے تاریخ ساز فیصلہ کیا ہے ". Office of the Chief Minister of Punjab, Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
^ "Hopefully, govt will end injustice towards South Punjab: PM Imran". Aaj news. February 2022.
^ "South Punjab province or Saraikistan; what do Saraikis demand?". News Desk. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Body formed for creation of South Punjab province". The Express Tribune. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
^ Newspaper, the (15 June 2023). "Southern Punjab and the issue of equality". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 19 June 2023. The concerns are genuine because of the fact that the proposed province of South Punjab will comprise the divisions of Bahawalpur, Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan as well as some adjoining areas of the current Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
^ "New boundaries: Protesters demand Tank, DI Khan be included in Saraiki province". The Express Tribune. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
^ "Seraiki province debate". DAWN.COM. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2023. Second, the majority of people of D.I. Khan and Tank districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are Seraiki-speaking. They are asking to be part of a Seraiki province and have formed the Seraiki Suba Mahaz to launch a campaign for the inclusion of their districts in the new province.
^ "South India: larger in size, less in population". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
^ "Pakistan Population (2023) - Worldometer". www.worldometers.info. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[1] "پاکستان تحریک انصاف جنوبی پنجاب کی محرومیوں کا ازالہ کرنے کیلئے پرعزم ہے، پنجاب کابینہ نے جنوبی پنجاب سیکرٹریٹ کی خودمختاری کیلئے تاریخ ساز فیصلہ کیا ہے ". Office of the Chief Minister of Punjab, Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

[2] "Hopefully, govt will end injustice towards South Punjab: PM Imran". Aaj news. February 2022.

[3] "South Punjab province or Saraikistan; what do Saraikis demand?". News Desk. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[4] "Body formed for creation of South Punjab province". The Express Tribune. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

[5] Newspaper, the (15 June 2023). "Southern Punjab and the issue of equality". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 19 June 2023. The concerns are genuine because of the fact that the proposed province of South Punjab will comprise the divisions of Bahawalpur, Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan as well as some adjoining areas of the current Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

[6] "New boundaries: Protesters demand Tank, DI Khan be included in Saraiki province". The Express Tribune. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2023.

[7] "Seraiki province debate". DAWN.COM. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2023. Second, the majority of people of D.I. Khan and Tank districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are Seraiki-speaking. They are asking to be part of a Seraiki province and have formed the Seraiki Suba Mahaz to launch a campaign for the inclusion of their districts in the new province.

[8] "South India: larger in size, less in population". Retrieved 13 April 2020.

[9] "Pakistan Population (2023) - Worldometer". www.worldometers.info. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

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