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'{{short description|Proposed new province of Pakistan}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Saraikistan<br /><small>or</small><br>South Punjab | native_name = سرائیکستان<br />{{nq|جنوبی پنجاب}} | native_name_lang = pus<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} instead --> | type = [[Proposed provinces of Pakistan|Proposed Province]] | image_skyline = Saraikistan map.png | image_caption = Map of proposed Saraikistan (Red) and Punjab (White). The map is made up of [[Bahawalpur Division]], [[Multan Division]] and [[Dera Ghazi Khan Division]]. | image_flag = | image_map = | map_caption = | image_seal = | flag_alt = | coordinates = | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = [[Pakistan]] | subdivision_type1 = | subdivision_name1 = | parts_style = para | parts_type = Largest city | p1 = [[Multan]] | established_title = Established | established_date = | seat_type = Capital | seat = [[Multan]] | blank_name_sec1 = [[Languages of Pakistan|Main Language(s)]] | blank_info_sec1 = {{bulleted_list|[[Urdu]] (national, official)|[[Saraiki language|Saraiki]] (proposed provincial)|{{unbulleted_list|''Other languages'': [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Balochi language|Balochi]], [[Pashto]]}}}} | blank1_name_sec1 = Notable sports teams | blank1_info_sec1 = {{Collapsible list | title = ''{{nobold|List:}}'' | [[Multan Sultans]] | [[Bahawalpur Stags]] | [[Multan Tigers]] | [[Southern Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Southern Punjab]] }} | blank2_name_sec1 = [[National Assembly of Pakistan|Seats in National Assembly]] | blank2_info_sec1 = | blank_name_sec2 = Seats in Provincial Assembly | blank_info_sec2 = | blank1_name_sec2 = [[Divisions of Pakistan|Divisions]] | blank1_info_sec2 = 03 | blank2_name_sec2 = Districts | blank2_info_sec2 = 14 | blank3_name_sec2 = Tehsils | blank3_info_sec2 = N/A | blank4_name_sec2 = [[Union Councils of Pakistan|Union Councils]] | blank4_info_sec2 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = [[Autonomy|Self-governing]] administrative secretariat subject to the [[Federal government]] | governing_body = Administrative Secretariat of South Punjab<ref>{{cite web |title=SECRETARIAT BEING ESTABLISHED IN SOUTH PUNJAB |url=https://www.pitb.gov.pk/node/5775 |website=Government of the Punjab}}</ref> | leader_party = | leader_title = Governor | leader_name = | leader_title1 = Chief Minister | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = [[Chief Secretary (Pakistan)|Chief Secretary]] | leader_name2 = Saqib Zafar<ref>{{cite web |title=SAQIB ZAFAR APPOINTED AS ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY SOUTH PUNJAB |url=https://arynews.tv/south-punjab-saqib-zafar-additional-chief-secretary/ |website=ARY News}}</ref> | leader_title3 = [[Legislature]] | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = [[High Courts of Pakistan|High Court]] | leader_name4 = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 102301 | area_rank = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 40,043,590 | population_as_of = 2017 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone1 = [[Pakistan Standard Time|PST]] | utc_offset1 = +05:00 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | blank4_name_sec1 = [[List of administrative units of Pakistan by Human Development Index|HDI]] | blank4_info_sec1 = | website = | footnotes = | iso_code = | official_name = }} '''South Punjab''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq| جنوبی پنجاب}}}}<ref>{{cite web |title=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 |url=https://cm.punjab.gov.pk/node/5756 |publisher=Office of the Chief Minister of Punjab, Islamic Republic of Pakistan}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hopefully, govt will end injustice towards South Punjab: PM Imran |url=https://www.aaj.tv/news/30277513/ |website=Aaj news|date=February 2022 }}</ref>) or '''Saraikistan''' ([[Urdu]], {{lang-skr|{{nq|سرائیکستان}}}}<ref>{{cite web |title=South Punjab province or Saraikistan; what do Saraikis demand? |url=https://www.globalvillagespace.com/south-punjab-province-or-saraikistan-what-do-saraikis-demand/ |publisher=News Desk |access-date=2 July 2020}}</ref>) is a proposed<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-02 |title=Body formed for creation of South Punjab province |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2389093/body-formed-for-creation-of-south-punjab-province |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref> new province of [[Pakistan]], comprising the areas which has a majority of [[Saraiki people|Saraikis]], including the [[Bahawalpur Division|Bahawalpur]], [[Multan Division|Multan]], [[Dera Ghazi Khan Division|Dera Ghazi Khan]] divisions of southern [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], and [[Mianwali Division|Mianwali division]] (including [[Bhakkar District]] and [[Mianwali District]]) of [[Punjab, Pakistan]] , [[Dera Ismail Khan District|Dera Ismail Khan]] and [[Tank District|Tank]] districts of [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newspaper |first=From the |date=2023-06-15 |title=Southern Punjab and the issue of equality |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1759857 |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en |quote=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.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2013-02-21 |title=New boundaries: Protesters demand Tank, DI Khan be included in Saraiki province |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/510710/new-boundaries-protesters-demand-tank-di-khan-be-included-in-saraiki-province |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2011-08-14 |title=Seraiki province debate |url=https://www.dawn.com/2011/08/14/seraiki-province-debate/ |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en |quote=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.}}</ref> The proposed South Punjab or Saraikistan forms about 52 percent of the total area and almost 40 percent of the population of Punjab province.<ref>{{Cite news|title=South Punjab: larger in size, less in population|url=https://nation.com.pk/06-May-2012/south-punjab-larger-in-size-less-in-population|access-date=13 April 2020}}</ref> South Punjab or Saraikistan has a population of around 40 million as of 2017 and is estimated to be around 50 million in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Population (2023) - Worldometer |url=https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/pakistan-population/ |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=www.worldometers.info |language=en}}</ref> ==History== In 2012, [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab|Punjab Provincial Assembly]] and the National Assembly passed resolutions for the creation of new province in Punjab. These resolutions were supported by the [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP) and [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PMLN) and was passed.<ref name="What lies behind demands for a separate province in south Punjab">{{Cite news|title=What lies behind demands for a separate province in south Punjab|url=https://herald.dawn.com/news/1398695|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref> In 2013 election the [[Pakistan People's Party|PPP]] tried to mobilize the Seraiki voters over the Saraikistan province creation. But they got only one National Assembly seat from the Saraikistan region.<ref name="What lies behind demands for a separate province in south Punjab"/> In 2018 the [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI) promised to create a new province in South Punjab within the first 100 days of taking office, if they win.<ref name="A Province For Seraikis">{{Cite news|title=A province for Seraikis|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/631911-a-province-for-seraikis|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref> [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|PTI]] won the election and won 30 out of 50 seats of the National Assembly seats in South Punjab.<ref>{{Cite news|title=A province in the making|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/567833-province-making|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref> On August 15, 2018, the PTI MPA of Punjab Assembly, Mohsin Leghari tabled a resolution for the creation of a new province in South Punjab.<ref name="What lies behind demands for a separate province in south Punjab"/> In 2022 the [[Senate of Pakistan|Senate]] accepted a bill seeking creation of South Punjab province on 18 January, and was supported by the [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI) and [[Pakistan People's Party]] (PPP).<ref>{{cite web |title=BILAWAL, SHEHBAZ'S SUPPORT SOUGHT FOR CREATION OF SOUTH PUNJAB PROVINCE |url=https://arynews.tv/bilawal-shehbaz-support-south-punjab-province/ |website=ARYNEWS.tv.|date=20 January 2022 }}</ref> ==Establishment of Civil Secretariat== In 2020, a separate civil secretariat was established for southern areas of Punjab (Saraikistan or South [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]). The secretariat made up for [[Dera Ghazi Khan Division]], [[Multan Division]] and [[Bahawalpur Division]]. It became officially operational on 15 October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1577999|title=South Punjab secretariat becomes operational on Oct 15|first=The Newspaper's Staff|last=Reporter|date=September 5, 2020|website=DAWN.COM}}</ref> Initially the departments of Services and General administration (S & GAD), Home department, Health, Education, Agriculture, Planning and Development, Live stock and dairy development, Local government and community development, Housing, urban development and Public health engineering, Irrigation, Forest, Communication and works, Revenue<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1577291|title=15 full-fledged depts created for south Punjab secretariat|first=Mansoor|last=Malik|date=September 1, 2020|website=DAWN.COM}}</ref> and Police are included in the separate Administrative Secretariat of Saraikistan region with following officers: # (i) Zahid Akhtar Zaman, June 30, 2020, to March 3, 2021<ref>{{Cite web |title=AIG, ACS appointed for South Punjab Secretariat on merit: CM Buzdar |url= https://www.radio.gov.pk/01-07-2020/aig-acs-appointed-for-south-punjab-secretariat-on-merit-cm-buzdar |website= www.radio.gov.pk}}</ref> (ii) Saif Anjum, March 10, 2021, to April 11, 2021 (iii) Captain Retd Saqib Zafar, April 12, 2021, to till now,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jassaraftab.com/addl-chief-secretary-south-punjab/|title=Additional Chief Secretary &#124; Jassaraftab.com - A Veterinary Information Hub|date=April 13, 2021}}</ref> Additional Chief Secretary, South Punjab # (i)Captain (Retd) Zafar Iqbal,<ref>[https://www.24newshd.tv/26-Sep-2020/capt-retd-zafar-iqbal-appointed-additional-igp-south-punjab?_gl=1*yilk5m*_ga*S1ZNb0FFa2ZNU0ItTm4wbWxxTVVCZW9ncEVlNUw1SGZydVFZQlN3TG9FQVRoU0RicmMxN3JONVhCWmdzWUFLYg.. Capt. Zafar Iqbal appointed Additional IGP, South Punjab]</ref> September 2020 to March 2022 (ii) Dr Ehsan Sadiq <ref>https://www.facebook.com/100007096123093/posts/3141527316093775/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=May 2022}}</ref> March 15, 2022 to December 27, 2022 (iii) Sahibzada Muhammad Shehzad Sultan, December 27, 2022 to January 29, 2023 (iv) Maqsood-ul-Hassan, January 29, 2023 to till now, Additional Inspector General of Police, South Punjab ==Geography== [[File:SERAIKI-SOUTH PUNJAB.jpg|thumb|Different proposal province to the extent of the South Punjab|left]] The Saraikistan Qaumi Council demanded the creation of Saraikistan province by merging 24 districts in South Punjab and 2 districts in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] ([[Dera Ismail Khan District|Dera Ismail Khan]] and [[Tank District|Tank]] districts, there 70 percent of the people speaks Seraiki).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shah |first=Nadeem |title=How far are Seraikis from their dream of a province? {{!}} Dialogue {{!}} thenews.com.pk |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/631911-a-province-for-seraikis |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en |quote=Zahoor Dhareja the chairperson of the Seraikistan Qaumi Council, says, “We demand a province consisting of 24 districts: Multan, Lodhran, Khanewal, Vehari, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Layyah, Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur, Pakpattan, Okara, Sargodha, Khushab, Bhakkar, Mianwali, Jhang, Toba Tek Singh, Chiniot and Faisalabad. We also demand inclusion of two districts from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Dera Ismail Khan and Tank where 70 percent of the population speaks Seraiki language.”}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wasim |first=Amir |date=2022-10-25 |title=Demand for south Punjab province echoes in National Assembly |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1716800 |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref> The Main Political parties [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|PTI]], [[Pakistan Peoples Party|PPP]] and [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML(N)]] have difference on the geography of Saraikistan. The [[Pakistan Peoples Party|PPP]] supports the formation of the South province by merging 14 districts of Punjab and 2 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|PTI]] supports the formation of the South Punjab province by merging 11 districts of South Punjab only. The [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML(N)]] does not much support the division of Punjab in to two separate provinces.<ref name="A Province For Seraikis"/> == Administration Division == The province would have four or more administrative divisions and 22 districts: {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Name of Division ! Name of District !Headquarter |- | [[Multan Division|Multan]] | # [[Multan District|Multan]] # [[Khanewal District|Khanewal]] # [[Lodhran District|Lodhran]] # [[Vehari District|Vehari]] |[[Multan]] |- | [[Bahawalpur Division|Bahawalpur]] | #[[Bahawalpur District|Bahawalpur]] #[[Bahawalnagar District|Bahawalnagar]] #[[Rahim Yar Khan District|Rahim Yar Khan]] |[[Bahawalpur]] |- |[[Dera Ghazi Khan Division|Dera Ghazi Khan]] | #[[Dera Ghazi Khan District|Dera Ghazi Khan]] #[[Muzaffargarh District|Muzaffargarh]] #[[Layyah District|Layyah]] #[[Rajanpur District|Rajanpur]] #[[Jampur Tehsil|Jampur]] #[[Kot Addu District|Kot Addu]] #[[Taunsa District|Taunsa Sharif]] |[[Dera Ghazi Khan]] |- |[[Dera Ismail Khan Division|Dera Ismail Khan]] | #[[Dera Ismail Khan District|Dera Ismail Khan]] #[[Tank District|Tank]] |[[Dera Ismail Khan]] |} ==Demographics== ===Language=== [[File:Saraiki-speakers by Pakistani District - 2017 Census.svg|thumb|right|upright=1.6| <div style="text-align: center">The proportion of people with [[Saraiki language|Saraiki]] as their [[mother tongue]] in each Pakistani [[Districts of Pakistan|District]] as of the [[2017 Pakistan Census]].</div>]] The major native language spoken in the South Punjab is [[Saraiki language|Saraiki]] and spoken in most parts of South Punjab,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/skr |title=Saraiki, a Language of Pakistan |publisher=Ethnologue |access-date=25 September 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924061905/http://www.ethnologue.com/language/SKR |archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref> [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] is also popular in the eastern part of Bahawalpur Division. Urdu is widely used as a lingua franca in official.<ref>{{cite journal |editor1=Robina Kausar |editor2=Muhammad Sarwar |editor3=Muhammad Shabbir |title=The History of the Urdu Language Together with Its Origin and Geographic Distribution |journal=International Journal of Innovation and Research in Educational Sciences |volume=2 |issue=1 |url=https://www.ijires.org/administrator/components/com_jresearch/files/publications/IJIRES-154_final.pdf}}</ref> ===Religion=== [[Saraiki people|Saraiki]], [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] and [[Baloch people in Punjab|Baloch people]] in South Punjab believe Islam, most are [[Sunni Islam|Sunnis]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Information on Sunni-Shia conflict |url=https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1292441/download |publisher=Pakistan - Researched and compiled by the Refugee Documentation Centre}}</ref> == See also == * [[Bahawalpur South Punjab]], another proposed province in this region * [[Hazara Province Movement|Hazara province]], a proposed province in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan * [[Saraiki culture]] == References == {{Reflist}} == Bibliography == *{{Cite journal| last = Rahman| first = Tariq| author-link = Tariq Rahman| title = The Siraiki Movement in Pakistan| journal = Language Problems & Language Planning| date = 1995| volume = 19| issue = 1| doi = 10.1075/lplp.19.1.01rah| pages = 1–25}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Saraikistan| ]] [[Category:Proposed provinces and territories of Pakistan]] [[Category:Provincial disputes in Pakistan]] [[Category:Regions of Pakistan]]'