President Yahya Khan held talks with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to resolve the constitutional crisis in the country.
When correspondents congratulated Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his birthday, the Awami League Chief said, ‘What is my birth day? What is my death day? I am with my people. There is no security of my people. They are dying.
(Pakistan Times, Lahore, March 18, 1971.)
The Baluchistan Branch of the Pakistan National Awami Party (Wali group) has demanded at a meeting that power be transferred to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Martial Law lifted forthwith. The Meeting also strongly opposed Mr. Bhutto’s proposal to make the minority party share in the transfer of power by setting up two parallel Government in the country.
(Dawn, Karachi, March, 19, 1971.)
(Regarding U.N. Secretary-General, U. Thant’s expression of his grave concern over Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s trail):
U Thant’s reactions to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s trial are tantamount to an interference in the internal affairs of Pakistan... It is an insult to humanity itself to plead the case of a traitor in the name of humanity.
(Mashriq, Karachi, Aug. 18, 1971.)
The people of Pakistan can never excuse U. Thant for his uncalled for interference in the internal affairs of the country.
Kohistan, Lahore, Aug. 18, 1971.
The Pakistan Government is to be blamed for having delayed the execution of Sheik Mujibur Rahman and given time to the world powers to intervene... The Government should have followed the examples of Morocco, Sudan and Egypt where The traitors were executed without any delay.
(Nawai waqt, Lahore, Aug, 16, 1971.)
The Pakistan Government should release immediately all political prisoners. Government should lift restrictions on the political leaders, withdraw warrants that many people have been put behind the bars without trial simply because of having a different view-point on various vital political and economic issues facing the country.
(Mir Ghaus Bux Bizenjo, President, Bluchistan National Awami Party (Wali Gorup), reported in Dawn, Karachi, Sept. 30, 1971.)
...AND EARLIER
‘Two nations, Mr. Jinnah! Confronting each other in every province? Every town? Every village’?
‘Two nations, Confronting each other in every province. Every town. Every village. That is the only solution’.
