Word: liaquat
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...Pakistan must be labeled the aggressor, and that India could not stoop to appeasing aggressors. Over the weekend at Chequers, the Prime Ministers' country home, Attlee and Australia's Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies tirelessly tried to bring about an agreement between Nehru and Pakistan's Liaquat AH Khan. Crux of the matter was when and how a plebiscite should be held to determine the future of Kashmir's predominantly Moslem population. India insists that Pakistan withdraw not only its troops but also its "irregulars" (i.e., large numbers of Kashmir's own people who have...
Four hours later, Pakistan's Prime Minister Liaquat AH Khan, in an equally impeccable double-breasted blue suit, held a press conference of his own. As he told it, the story of the negotiations sounded different. The Commonwealth mediators had first suggested that a force of Australians and New Zealanders be stationed in Kashmir during the plebiscite, permitting both Indian and Pakistani forces to withdraw. "I accepted this proposal," said Liaquat. "Mr. Nehru rejected...
Then the mediators had proposed a joint force of Indian and Pakistani troops. Said Liaquat: "I accepted this proposal. Mr. Nehru rejected...
...brother, however, was missing -Pakistan's burly Liaquat Ali Khan. Liaquat had refused to come to London unless he got a promise that the conference would formally consider the long-smoldering dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, where, after two years of futile attempts at negotiation, Indian and Pakistani troops still face each other belligerently across an uneasy U.N. cease-fire line. By tradition, Commonwealth conferences do not concern themselves with disputes among members, but all the ministers were eager to bring the ninth brother into the fold. Attlee fired off messages to Liaquat offering informal discussion...
...defense of the Middle East, whose Moslem populations may, Britain hopes, be rallied with the help of Moslem Pakistan-if Brother Liaquat and Brother Nehru can be induced to make peace...