Nothing short of Saraiki province, says PM Gilani

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday rejected PML-N President Mian Nawaz Sharif’s proposal of new administrative units, urging that people of Saraiki belt wanted a separate province.The Prime Minister was addressing a big gathering of people belonging to flood-hit communities after distributing keys of homes among affected women at newly-built Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Model Village in Sinawan here.Gilani said Nawaz Sharif had recently given a statement in which he proposed new administrative units in the country. “But we reject this offer,” he added.He said Saraiki people are sober, kind-hearted and have a sweet language but it does not mean they do not know what they want.