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While Mohamed Ali Jinnah performed the pyrotechnics which achieved the separation of Pakistan as a state in the 1947 partition of India, Lawyer Liaquat did the hard behind-the-scenes work in the Moslem League. With Jinnah's death, Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan inherited his power...
Last week, as Bahawalpur prepared for elections, Moslem Leaguers were skeptical. They complained that the Amir's police had ripped down the Pakistan national flag in one village, and in others were persecuting wearers of the Jinnah cap (a Persian lamb fez which serves as party badge). In Lahore, the Daily Pakistan Times sneered that the Amir's political reform was "meaningless," his jubilee show "grossly out of keeping with the needs of our people...
...Destiny." The Hindustani Times devoted a page to an uncompromising attack on Jinnah's motives and methods. However, it concluded: "A man of destiny, he was perhaps the greatest man of Islam since Mohamed...
Enemies among the Moslems whispered against him: "Jinnah does not wear a beard; Jinnah does not go to the mosque; Jinnah drinks whiskey." Yet his power increased to the point where he was able to force the Hindus and the British to split India into two dominions. He became governor general of Pakistan. With the split came the riots. His part in them will not soon be forgotten by Hindus. Last week, when news of his death reached New Delhi's bazaars, there was bitter exultation. A Hindu refugee said...
Died. Mohamed Ali Jinnah, 71, Indian Moslem leader, first Governor General of Pakistan; of a heart ailment; in Karachi, Pakistan (see FOREIGN NEWS...