QUETTA: The Pashtoon Qaumi Movement (PQM) has said that in order to protect the rights of Pashtoon people a new province comprising Sibi and Zhob districts should be set up.

Addressing a public meeting here at Bacha Chowk on Sunday night, PQM chief Rafiq Pashtoon and other leaders said Pashtoons living in Balochistan did not have equal rights.

They said only a separate province could ensure them their due rights.

Rafiq Pashtoon said that Pashtoons in Balochistan had not identity, adding that people without an identity had no respect in society.

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