PML-N creating hurdles in creation of South Punjab province: PTI leader.

ISLAMABAD -- Parliamentary Secretary for Communications Muhammad Shafiq Arain said on Sunday that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government was serious in fulfillment of its promise of creation of South Punjab district and the decision to set up a secretariat in Multan was a right step towards realization of that goal.

In a exclusive interview with reporter here he said that as the PTI did not have required two- third majority in the Parliament, so it had to seek support of opposition parties on the issue.

He lamented that PML- N had started creating hurdles by demanding Bahawalpur province.

To a question, he said that the PTI government would spend Rs 3 billion to convert Bahawalpur- Multan road into a dual carriageway to facilitate the people of the districts of Lodhran, Bahawalpur and Bahawalnagar.

He said that a regional campus of Bahawalpur University...