Saraikistan Movement

Saraikistan Movement

The Saraikistan Movement is an affilliation of Punjabi political parties, politicians and groups in South Punjab, aiming to establish a separate province for Saraiki ethnicity. The Movement contends that a new province should include Southern Punjab, the city Dera Ismail Khan from the North-West Frontier Province, Sukkur from Sindh and some areas of Balochistan. [1]

References

  1. ^ The Frontier Post, retrieved 19 February 2011.

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