Pakistan, Oct. 20 -- Responding to questions from the media about proposals for the creation of new provinces, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah Monday said that the Sindh Assembly had repeatedly passed resolutions rejecting such proposals.

He said the elected representatives of Sindh had expressed the position of the province's people through the assembly and that its resolutions could not be ignored.

Murad Ali Shah said that while everyone had the right to express an opinion, the creation of new provinces would have to follow the constitutional procedure, including the required legislative approvals and a two-thirds majority where constitutionally prescribed. He maintained that the position adopted by the Sindh Assembly remaine...