পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড).pdf/৭৬৭

731 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড শিরোনাম সংবাদপত্র তারিখ News on Bangladesh 8 October, 1971 Pakistan Situation Vol. 1: No. 6 WEST PAKISTAN'S GRATUITOUS ADVISE ΤΟ WΟRLΙΟ ΒΑΝΚ West Pakistan accused 118-nation World Bank of not legalizing her unilateral default on debt servicing. It is recalled that Pakistan declared a unilateral six month moratorium for all her debts incurred with the Western counties. The West Pakistani leader of the delegation to the annual Bank Fund meeting in Washington, S. U. Durrani, said on September 29, "A stage has been reached where some of the largest developing countries are unlike to be eligible to borrow from the Bank.....This is clearly an untenable situation and raises the difficult question of how far the Bank can show greater flexibility in rearranging amortization schedules for its loans under certain specified conditions." Making an oblique reference to the Bank Report on the Pakistani situation, extracts from which were published in the New York Times last June, Mr. Durrani gave an unsolicited rude piece of advice to the Bank. Suggesting that there may be "conflict between its strictly economic foundations and the political implications of its actions, he surmised that "perhaps the need is for greater sensibility to the political consequences of actions by a staff that is expert in its own restricted field of competence, but whose objectivity needs a stronger buttress in producers and arrangements within the institution itself." The Mission Report of June commented on the reign of terror and widespread destruction in Bangladesh which make it impossible to resume development activities there in the foreseeable future. Soon after the conclusion of the Bank Fund meetings, West Pakistan was on its knees crying for a moratorium on debt repayment liability for fiscal year 1971-72. Interestingly, the delegation this time was led by the departing Ambassador Hilaly. West Pakistan has a debt servicing liability of $310 million this year, including $88 million of deferred payments from last year. East European countries are to receive $40 million and the World Bank $51 million.