Ground Report

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Pakistan</st1:country-region></st1:place> had a legitimate right to come into existence but the manner of its creation was disastrous. Even the hardcore votaries of a separate Muslim homeland had not bargained for the shape in which <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Pakistan</st1:country-region></st1:place> eventually emerged. Their idea of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Pakistan</st1:country-region></st1:place> was far removed from what was delivered on August 15, 1947. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>&ldquo;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Pakistan</st1:country-region></st1:place>&rdquo; was the name they gave to the idea of Muslim autonomy, and not to a territorial entity. The demand arose from genuine Muslim fear that their political and economic rights may not be safe in a predominantly Hindu <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Not even staunch supporters of the Partition had anticipated the nightmare that it turned into. The partition became so &ldquo;bloody and messy&rdquo; affair because both the British and their home grown Indian successors had their own agendas. Exhausted by the War, British were in hurry to cut their losses and run, while the Indian political class, represented by the Congress and the Muslim League, was in an equal hurry to assume power. In the pursuit of their aims they ignored the warning signals and allowed the situation to get out of hand resulting in what became &ldquo;one of the darkest moments of the 20th century.&rdquo; <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p>
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