Saraikistan ( سرائیکستان) is the name of a geographical region in central Pakistan and a proposed new province, comprising the areas with a majority of Saraiki speakers. The proposed territorial extent generally inludes the Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as well as the following areas of Punjab: the Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan and Sargodha divisions, and the district of Jhang.