A claim issued by South Asia Index on May 19, 2026, has sparked a new debate regarding possible constitutional and administrative changes in Pakistan.
The media group claimed on its official X account that the federal government of Pakistan is working on a legal package to redraw the existing provincial boundaries in the country and establish new administrative units, which is being seen in the context of the expected 28th constitutional amendment.
According to the report, proposals are being considered in the proposed plan to divide different parts of the country into a new administrative and federal structure.
According to the claim, there is talk of including Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Karachi and Gwadar in the federal territories.
Similarly, the names of West Punjab, South Punjab, Bahawalpur and Potohar have emerged while dividing Punjab into different parts. The proposed units of Urban Sindh, Rural Sindh and Mehran were mentioned for Sindh, while the names of Balochistan and Makran were included in Balochistan.
The report also referred to the proposed administrative structures of KPK, South KPK, Hazara and Kohistan for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
This claim has come at a time when various speculations are going on in the political and constitutional circles regarding the possible 28th Constitutional Amendment in the country. However, no official plan or constitutional draft of this nature has been confirmed by the federal government or the relevant constitutional institutions yet.
On the other hand, the Prime Minister’s Advisor on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah, while talking about Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan in recent days, had said that there has been a demand from both the regions to be included in the National Finance Commission (NFC) award.
His statement is also being considered important in the context of the recent constitutional and administrative debates.
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