Word: pakistanis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Even in his own area, the East Pakistani feels like a second-class citizen, exploited by carpetbaggers from Karachi who hold most of the top government posts and most of the top police jobs. Last week the news seeped through tight censorship that East Pakistan's hatred had flared into appalling bloodshed...
...biggest jute mill at Narayanganj, East Pakistan, pampered their imported West Pakistan workers, gave them better jobs and a higher wage scale than the East Pakistan Bengalis. On payday, when the West Paks were lording it over the Bengalis, the atmosphere was tense. According to one version, a West Pakistani fireman reproved a Bengali teastall keeper for allowing the flames to burn too high in his oven. The Bengali took offense, and when a factory watchman intervened, another Bengali stabbed the watchman...
Rawalpindi, the Pakistani suddenly freed Ghaffar Khan, along with 44 other political prisoners. Probable motive: to give a more convincing ring to Pakistan's protests against India's jailing of the deposed Sheik Abdullah of Kashmir. The Indians, who had long agitated for Ghaffar Khan's release, front-paged the good news. They got a shock when, upon leaving jail. Ghaffar Khan proved to be as independent and plain-speaking as ever. To the cheering crowds who garlanded him with flowers, he declared that Kashmir rightfully belongs to Pakistan-and that he had twice offered his services...
...Crown. In the bloody days of partition, when fierce Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir in the fall of 1947, the Maharaja fled with his jade and the necklaces from the temple gods. He paused only to declare his land a part of India, and to appoint Sheik Abdullah Prime Minister. And although Abdullah and 77% of the Kashmiris were Moslems, Abdullah organized a People's Militia that fought the Pakistanis until the Indian army flew in to the rescue. It was a desperate defense, and the Lion of Kashmir inspired it. Once, the Pakistani tribesmen lashed a young merchant...
...Real friends, indeed," said Prime Minister Mohammed Ali, who during his 14 months as Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S. learned to like American food, slang and automobiles, and learned the value of the old American custom of saying thank you. While U.S. visitors, accustomed to Asian suspicion or dislike of the U.S., were still getting over their surprise, 98 camels were shuffled up with their carts, to take the wheat to the railroad station to be sent upcountry. Around the camels' scrawny necks hung placards in Urdu, reading: "Thank you, U.S.A...