Published in Dawn on April 8th, 1998
This is with reference to Mr. Zaman Khan’s letter “Fundamental questions.” (Dawn, April 2). One explanation for the Quaid’s actions in the days after Independence may lie in the fact that he was too ill. The nation had a Prime Minister and a Cabinet, and Mr. Jinnah may have felt that he was bound to accept whatever decisions taken by them.
But one should also remember that those were the days when the new-born country was fighting for it’s very survival. Dr. Khan Sahib and his partymen had been bitterly opposed to the creation of Pakistan, and they had lost the sympathy of the majority of the province after the vote for Pakistan in the referendum.
Regarding the methods used to win over the support of the majority in the Assembly, Mr. Jinnah cannot be held responsible. He was after all the head of the state, not the head of the government. The courts were fully functional in those days also, and if questionable methods had been employed, these should have been challenged by the disgruntled few who were affected.
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