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#saudiarabia #pti #petrol #iran #sthpunjabi Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has sparked a severe political backlash across Pakistan after claiming that Punjab faces a greater security threat from its neighbouring provinces than from external countries. Speaking in Faisalabad, she stated that terrorism enters Punjab through inter-provincial borders, suggesting that other federating units act as conduits for instability. Opposition parties and leadership from smaller provinces swiftly condemned her remarks, accusing her of adopting a highly prejudiced tone and fanning the flames of provincialism and ethnic hatred. Critics argue that labelling sister provinces as breeding grounds for terror threatens national cohesion at a time when unified action is required against militancy.Simultaneously, inter-provincial friction has intensified due to the high-stakes political mobilization of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. Acting on the directions of incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, CM Afridi embarked on a three-day tour of Sindh to spearhead a nationwide street movement demanding Khan's release.However, Afridi's visit to Sindh was met with heavy-handed state resistance. The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)-led Sindh government deployed police forces to crack down on PTI workers, resulting in vehicle damage and arrests outside the Jinnah ground. Crucially, CM Afridi’s convoy was blocked at six separate locations on the Superhighway as he attempted to travel between Hyderabad and Karachi.Following the blockade, Afridi strongly criticized the Sindh government for its "cruelty" and fascism. The incident, paired with Maryam Nawaz's statements, underscores a dangerous trend where provincial borders are being used as political and administrative battlegrounds. The obstruction of a sitting Chief Minister's movement within his own country, combined with rhetoric blaming neighbouring territories for terror, highlights a deepening constitutional and political rift between Pakistan's ruling coalition and PTI-led provincial setups.