The next two weeks are being seen as important for discussions on the creation of new provinces and administrative units in Pakistan, with legal and constitutional experts tasked with completing their work on key issues, the 24NewsHD TV channel reported on Wednesday.
According to sources, preparations were under way to begin debate on the new provinces issue in Parliament and to develop a strategy for calling a joint sitting of Parliament.
Legal teams are also working on matters linked to a possible joint sitting and referendum, with constitutional points and other legal issues being finalised, the sources said.
The government has also assigned important figures the task of building political agreement on the creation of new provinces and administrative units.
24NewsHD TV channel reported on August 9, 2026, that Asif Siddique Sahi, a British MP originally from Bahawalpur who was elected from Central London, had said that Pakistan should create new administrative units or provinces to improve governance.
Speaking to reporters in Bahawalpur, Sahi said the parliamentary system in Britain had been designed so that its benefits reached ordinary people.
The creation of new provinces has recently become a major subject of political discussion, with several federal ministers, including Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, supporting the creation of new administrative units.
Mohsin Naqvi had previously said that Pakistan's existing system of governance had failed to deal with the country's problems and called for administrative reforms, including the creation of new units.
Speaking at the first Pakistan Economic Summit in Islamabad, he said the system had been in place for 70 years but was no longer capable of solving the country's major challenges.
He said that although democracy remained important, there were different forms of democratic government and the country's problems could not be solved through the present system.
Mohsin Naqvi argued that if the current system continued, the same problems would still be under discussion a decade later. He said the question of administrative units or provinces should instead be taken to the public.
He also said that while not everything in the existing political system was wrong, ordinary people still needed basic services and facilities that were not being properly provided.
Reporter: Awais Kiani