| শিরোনাম | সূত্র | তারিখ |
| মোহাম্মদ আলী ফর্মুলা | পাকিস্তান গণপরিষদ | ৭ই অক্টোবর, ১৯৫৩ |
Excerpts from the Speech of the Prime Minister Mohammad Ali of Bogra on the Third Draft Constitution delivered on the 7th October 1953.
MR. PRESIDENT:
Sir, constitution-making is always a difficult and complicated matter. It is more so in our case because of certain features of the country's geography and population, which are peculiar to Pakistan. First our country consists of two parts, separated by a thousand miles of foreign territory. Secondly, one of these parts, namely, the Province of East Bengal, has a population, which exceeds that of all the other provinces and States put together, which compose the other part commonly called West Pakistan. This phenomenon has no parallel in any other country. The constitutional provisions made by other democratic countries therefore offer no guidance on what constitutional arrangements will be appropriate in such a situation. It is obvious that a special situation of this nature calls for special treatment, one that will give East Bengal the importance it deserves by virtue of its population strength, will take due notice of the geography of the country and will nevertheless conform to the universally recognized federal principle that it must be acceptable to all Units constituting the Federation and must ensure to each Unit an equitable share in the governance of the country.
The Basic Principles Committee grappled with this problem for four years and considered a number of proposals that would secure this result. Its final report which the House is now being invited to consider, was presented to the House in December last year. The proposals contained in the Committee's Report which deal with the composition of the Federal Legislature and the division of powers as between the Upper and the Lower House failed however to satisfy all Units. Progress with further constitution-making had therefore to be abandoned. There arose as regards the structure of the Federal Legislature a deadlock which defied solution. Strenuous efforts were made to resolve this deadlock. They all proved abortive. As this deadlock continued, provincial misunderstandings began to grow and threatened to undermine the solidarity of the nation. A sense akin to frustration began to spread among the people.
Happily, out of this frustration there eventually grew a recognition on all hands of the fact that the constitutional deadlock can and must be broken. People all over the country began to grow restive over the delay in the framing of the country's constitution. When this session of the Constituent Assembly was called, there was a strong desire among all members of the House that it must precede with constitution-making and that difficulties which had hitherto held it up must be resolved.
The members of the Muslim League Parliamentary Party in particular were determined that a formula regarding the composition of the Federal Legislature, which would be acceptable to all Units, must be solved. Efforts were, therefore, intensified by my colleagues and me, by the Chief Ministers of the Provinces and by the members
