MOVEMENT FOR THE RESTITUTION OF BAHAWALPUR ‎PROVINCE IN PAKISTAN ‎

Abstract

The main objectives of this research are to investigate the provincial status of Bahawalpur State, ‎implications of the one-unit scheme on Pakistan and especially on Bahawalpur State, and the role of ‎movement for the restoration of Bahawalpur province. It also examines the present situation and ‎current political achievements. Today in Pakistan, the issue of the formation of new provinces ‎has become very hot and serious. Nearly, many movements are working for the new provinces ‎on ethnic and lingual bases, but the Bahawalpur province movement is working for the restoration of ‎Bahawalpur province on administrative grounds only. The people of the region want to restore ‎the provincial status of Bahawalpur so that the backwardness and deprivation of the region could be ‎removed and the region like its glorious past, once again become the cradle of peace and ‎development. It is not possible to lift the region out of poverty without a fair distribution of ‎resources and devolution of power.‎