South Punjab Province

[12] In the 2013 election, the Peoples Party tried to mobilize voters from Southern Punjab over the creation of a separate province.

[12] In 2018 the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) promised to create a new province in South Punjab within the first 100 days of taking office, if they win.

[12] In 2019 Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) tendered a constitutional amendment seeking to create two new provinces; Bahawalpur (formed from Bahawalpur division) and Janubi Punjab (formed from Dera Ghazi Khan and Multan divisions).

[19][20] The Main Political parties PTI, PPP, and PML(N) have differences in the geography of the proposed province.

[13] The administrative divisions of the current secretariat: The major language spoken in Southern Punjab is Saraiki.

[22] Islam is the dominant religion in Southern Punjab, with a Sunni majority and a Shia minority.

Map of the proposed province of South Punjab (red) in Punjab
The proportion of people with Saraiki as their mother tongue in each Pakistani District as of the 2017 Pakistan Census .