LAHORE, April 14: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has criticised President Asif Zardari’s statement on creation of a Seraiki province terming it ‘unbecoming of a head of state’.

President Zardari had told Pakistan People’s Party leaders in Multan on Saturday the new province would be carved out of Punjab during this tenure of the PPP-led government as Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani would formally announce the decision.

PML-N media coordinator Muhammad Mehdi regretted that the president was ‘transgressing all constitutional and moral lines’ as provinces were not created through statements.

He said the party had no objection to creation of new provinces if created in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Constitution.

“If the PPP was serious in creating new federating units it should get the proposition passed by the bicameral parliament as well as taking onboard other stakeholders, especially the proponents of Bahawalpur and Thal provinces,” Mr Mehdi said.

He made it clear that his party would not support any suggestion with regard to creation of new provinces which contradicted the Constitution.