Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said the formation of new provinces was need of the hour. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Altaf Hussain squashed arguments that establishment of new provinces would weaken the federation and clarified that it would strengthen it. He said the MQM had waged a practical struggle for the promotion of brotherhood in Sindh. He, however, lamented that nationalist parties never considered the Urdu-speaking people as sons of Sindh.
"Whenever there is a discussion on creation of new provinces in Pakistan, Sindhi nationalists start hurling threats," he alleged.