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Democracy First: Says Shahid.
National Fronts Main Task Explained.
(From our Correspondent)
Lahore, September 27: Mr. H. S. Suhrawardy declared here today that opposition or support to one unit was not a part of National Democratic Fronts Programme. He said some leaders from former provinces of Sind, Baluchistan and North-West Frontier had insisted that the one unit issue should be incorporated in the programme of the Front, but a t this stage the main task before the Front was to achieve a democratic constitution reflecting sovereignty of the people in Pakistan.
Mr. Suhrawardy made this statement at a reception held by Pakistan Legal Centre of which he is President and members of High Court and District Court Bar Associations.
Mr. Suhrawardy said that it was a fact that there were many who opposed one unit and there were also its supporters. It was one of many problems confronting the country and its solution like those of others lay in the establishment of a democratic constitution which should enable leaders of popular support to sit down together, exchange views and adjust themselves to each other's demands. That was how problems in a democratic system were settled.
He strongly deprecated the attitude of the ignoring opposition point of view on one unit and said, those who were its supporters should try to understand opposition point of view. In the Punjab, he said, he knew there was preponderance of open on in favor of one unit. But in other areas there had been its opposition as well, “you cannot thrust it (one unit) down their throat, because, by doing so you will disinteratement”. “It would be the policy of the front to ensure justice and fair-play to people of all regions,” he further said.
PPA adds: The National Democratic Front leader Mr. H.S. Suhrawardy declared here today that the preservation or breaking of the one unit did not from part of the Front's Programme.
He said this was a question which could only be decided through mutual contacts and consultation among the representatives of the people in a democratic atmosphere.
Mr. Suhrawardy, who was distressing the Pakistan Legal Centre at a reception given in his honor at the High Court Bar Association, said that democracy was the fundamental creed of the National Democratic Front and democracy would prove to be the solution of all problems.
