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ISLAMABAD, August 23, 2026: Senior journalist Mazhar Abbas has said that Pakistan keeps trying to build a new country every few years, while rulers continue to claim that they are building a new Pakistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n Commenting in the programme \u201cVision For Pakistan\u201d, Mazhar Abbas questioned whether the opposition or the government had started the discussion.<\/p>\n He said everyone was saying that the system was not working, yet ministers were being awarded medals for their performance.<\/p>\n \u201cThe system is not working, but ministers are being given medals on August 14,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Mazhar Abbas said if the country wanted to follow the 1973 Constitution, everything was already provided for in it.<\/p>\n He warned that entering into a debate over new provinces would create further divisions.<\/p>\n According to Mazhar Abbas, an empowered local government system is a more effective option without entering into the debate over new provinces.<\/p>\n \u201cThere should be a local government under an empowered mayor. This is provided in the Constitution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He sarcastically asked the PPP representative to build Lyari before Karachi.<\/p>\n Mazhar Abbas questioned on what basis Karachi was being considered for handing over to the federal government.<\/p>\n He also questioned the condition of institutions including PIA, Pakistan Railways, Pakistan Steel and the Pakistan Cricket Board.<\/p>\n The senior journalist said the federal government should give an example of Karachi being declared a federal territory.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are currently four chaudhrys in the country, and we are trying to make 34 chaudhrys,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Mazhar Abbas said whatever solution was needed should be found through the Constitution and not through unconstitutional means.<\/p>\n