KP govt mulling over dividing Hazara into 2 divisions

MANSEHRA: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is mulling dividing Hazara into two divisions to pave the way for creation of Hazara province, a political advisor to the chief minister said here on Thursday.

“As soon as the Kolai-Palas is notified as a new district, the government would then divide Hazara into two divisions, Hazara and Abaseen,” Zargul Khan, who is also an-MPA-elect from Kohistan, told reporters.

He said that the proposed new division would be named as Abaseen and Shangla district which is presently part of Malakand division would also be incorporated into it. He said that after bifurcation, Mansehra, Haripur and Abbottabad districts would remain in Hazara division while the remaining districts including Battagram, Kohistan, Torghar, Upper Kohistan, Lower Kohistan and Kolai-Palas would be made part of Abaseen division.

“Those who talk of making Hazara another federating unit couldn’t even create a union council despite remaining in power for the last many decades. Only PTI would make Hazara a separate province,” he claimed. “Our party supports creation of more federating units on administrative basis,” he added.

Zargul Khan said his party created seven more tehsils and a district in Hazara and it wanted to put backward areas of the province on path to prosperity and development.The PTI chief Imran Khan supported creation of Hazara province, he pointed out. “A resolution has also been passed in the KP Assembly in support of Hazara province,” he said.