QUETTA: Parliamentary leaders of five political parties have finalised recommendations for provincial autonomy.

Mir Sadiq Umrani of the Pakistan People’s Party, Maulana Abdul Wasey of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F, Zamarak Khan Piralizai of Awami National Party, Syed Ehsan Shah of Balochistan National Party-Awami and Rubina Irfan of Pakistan Muslim League-Q met here on Sunday and approved recommendations which will be forwarded to the Balochistan chief minister and different political parties for opinion and suggestions.

During his recent visit to Quetta, President Asif Ali Zardari had asked political groups in the Balochistan assembly to prepare proposals for inclusion in a constitutional package for provincial autonomy.

The meeting recommended that the centre should transfer all subjects to provinces, except defence, currency and foreign affairs.

It said the NFC award should be based on poverty, backwardness, area and population and the opinion of a majority of National Finance Commission members should be accepted, instead of consensus.

It was suggested that 50 per cent revenue from the Gwadar port should be given to Balochistan, its chairman should be a local person and appointments from grade 1 to 18 should be reserved for local people. Outsiders should neither be given identity cards nor included in electoral lists.

The meeting proposed that 5 per cent revenue from the Uch power plant should be utilised for welfare of the people in Nasirabad and Jaffarabad districts.