Word: chaudhri
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...playing the opposite leaders against one another, the Leaguers made a deal with aging and fat Fazlul Huq. Result: Huq, last year dismissed as Chief Minister of East Pakistan for "treasonable activities," now became the Minister of the Interior. The man who emerged as Premier in the deal was Chaudhri Mohammed Ali, Pakistan's financial wizard...
...sporting rifles in the palatial official residence, he joked: "Don't worry, I'm not going to start a revolution." As Ali explained it: "For 27 months I have been an overworked bird in a gilded cage, and I am glad to be out of it. Anyway, Chaudhri is a brainier fellow than I and may not find the premiership as tough going as I did." He hopes to resume his old job as ambassador to Washington...
Steel Nerves. Chaudhri, the new Premier, is a shy man who shelters from people behind office files. The son of a poor villager, he grew up in the famed Indian Civil Service, became financial adviser to the government of India on war supplies...
...Moslem, who had lost his leather works in riots at Amritsar, no longer cared whether he was in Pakistan or Hindustan. Unshaven and ragged, Chaudhri Ahmen Hasan wandered aimlessly among the ruins of his property, carrying a big framed photograph of Jinnah. From time to time Hasan paused and addressed the picture: "Are you happy now, Qaid-e-Azam [Great Leader]? You have at last achieved Pakistan...