RR7112A PAKISTAN: WILL THE EAST BREAK AWAY?

(21 Mar 1971) RR7112A PAKISTAN: WILL THE EAST BREAK AWAY?

In Dacca, Pakistan's President Yahya Khan and East
Pakistani leader Sheikh Mujibar Rahman are trying to
end the month-long constitutional crisis that is
threatening to tear Pakistan apart. Sheikh Mujib's
Awami League won a majority of seats to the
Constituent Assembly after the December 1970
elections, but his constitutional proposals are
unacceptable to West Pakistan's minority party, led by
Zulfiqar Bhutto. Mujib has organised a general strike
in support of far-reaching autonomy for East Pakistan;
many of his followers would like to see him declare
unilateral independence.

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