{
  "id": 5894324,
  "title": "PPP warns Centre against undermining Sindh's autonomy, asks PM to restrain ministers on new provinces remarks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/ppp-warns-centre-against-undermining-sindhs-autonomy-asks-pm-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T02:35:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2027869/ppp-warns-centre-against-undermining-sindhs-autonomy-asks-pm-to-restrain-ministers-on-new-provinces-remarks"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi urged Pakistan's leaders to revamp the country's administrative structure, arguing that new administrative units must be created due to the growing population and changing needs that cannot be effectively managed by the current system. Naqvi clarified that his call was not aimed at replacing any specific government or political party. He emphasized that such a major change should be made in accordance with the people's wishes and within the constitutional and legal framework.\n\nPTI Defence Minister Khawaja Asif echoed Naqvi's sentiments, asserting that the devolution of power was \"inevitable\". However, Asif accused the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) of having a \"contradictory stance\" on the issue of new provinces, pointing out the party's support for a Saraiki province in Punjab while criticizing its stance on multiple provinces or administrative units in Sindh.\n\nThe PPP, led by Sindh President Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, responded to the federal ministers' statements on new provinces by accusing them of interfering in the constitutional affairs of Sindh and warned against any attempt to undermine the province's autonomy or territorial integrity. The party called for Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to restrain his ministers from making such statements. The PPP also decided to hold divisional-level seminars and rallies in support of Sindh's unity and autonomy on September 12.",
  "summary": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2027835",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "PPP warns Centre against interfering in Sindh’s constitutional status",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/ppp-warns-centre-against-interfering-in-sindhs-constitutional-status",
        "published": "2026-09-05T21:30:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}