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Summary Shahbaz Sharif said that his statement of making Karachi a province was misinterpreted.
Talking to the media at the inauguration ceremony of a cricket ground in Model Town, the chief minister said that he was asked by a reporter about the formation of a Saraki province. He said he had replied that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz never opposed the creation of new provinces.He said that his statement of calling Karachi a province was an interrogatory expression and he did not call for making Karachi a province. Shahbaz had said on Sunday that if new provinces were needed in Punjab, the possibility of creating news provinces in Sindh should also be looked into and Karachi should be a province.
