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IMPOSITION OF MARTIAL LAW
President's (Iskander Mirza) Proclamation
October 7, 1958
For the last two years, I have been watching, with the deepest anxiety, the ruthless struggle for power, corruption, the shameful exploitation of our simple, honest, patriotic and industrious masses, the lack of decorum and the prostitution of Islam for political ends. There have been a few honorable, exceptions. But, being in a minority, they have not been able to assert their influence in the affairs of the country.
These despicable activities have led to a dictatorship of the lowest order Adventurers and exploiters have flourished to the detriment of the masses and are getting richer by their nefarious practices.
Despite my repeated endeavors, no serious attempt has been made to tackle the food crisis. Food has been a problem of life and death for us in a country, which should be really surplus. Agriculture and land administration have been made a handmaiden of politics, so that, in our present system of Government, no political party will be able to take any positive action to increase production.
In East Pakistan, on the other hand, there is a we 11-organized smuggling of food. medicines and other necessities of life. The masses there suffer due to the shortages so caused in, and the consequent high prices of these commodities. Import of food has been a constant and serious drain on our foreign exchange earnings in the last few years, with the result that the Government is constrained to curtail the much needed internal development projects.
Some of our politicians have lately been talking of bloody revolution. Another type of adventurers among them think it fit to go to foreign countries and attempt direct alignment with them which can only be described as high treason.
Disgraceful Scene
The disgraceful scene enacted recently in the East Pakistan Assembly is known to all. I am told that such episodes were common occurrences in pre-partition Bengal. Whether they were or not, it is certainly not a civilized mode of procedure. You do not raise the prestige of your country by beating the Speaker, killing the Deputy Speaker and desecrating the National Flag.
