Pandora Box of 'stans'

The media carried a news item in bold letters today that ANP supports the Seraiki province. The reason is simple; if the Seraiki province is, indeed, created sometime in the near future, the ANP will have no difficulty in declaring an autonomous 'Pakhtunistan' of their own. Many other sleeping predators will also rise up to demand their own 'stans'. Islamabad should understand that provincial autonomy given to anyone on the basis of language and ethnicity will ultimately disintegrate the country because provincial media would propagate ethnic and language hatred in each region on an every day basis. This is the new conspiracy against Pakistan. Islamabad must fight back with the help of Quran which commands all Muslims to be one as brothers with out any regard for language or ethnicity. I may point out here that ANP has never accepted Pakistan at heart. They always were and still are pro-Congress and pro-India. Islamabad should also de-classify information on conspiracies that are pulling at the strands of the fabric of our existence today. -Z. ISRAR, Karachi, via e-mail, July 9.

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