Pakistan was created following the formal proposal for the creation of the states of Pakistan, drafted and moved by the Bengal's politician A.K. Fazlul Huq in 1940. The Pakistan movement was speeded up by the killing of more than 20,000 persons in the "Great Calcutta Riot of 1946", which was adopted as a tactical method by the high value non-Bengalee leaders of the All-India Muslim League, for achieving Pakistan.
After the 1965 India-Pakistan War, the jute export from the then East Pakistan fell down drastically and the tea export earning was quite scanty. The non-Bengalee rulers of Pakistan started looking at the area as a deficit zone and, therefore, a burden for the United Pakistan
The then West Pakistanis never liked or accepted the then East Pakistanis due to their racial, economic, and language background. By 1970 it became obvious that the democratic Bengalee population may go further in taking over the administration of the United Pakistan through a democratic process. It was never acceptable to the then West Pakistanis. Their high value non-Bengalee leaders again decided to abandon the area causing "Great Calcutta Riot of 1946" type of killing and destruction in the whole of the then East Pakistan. The result was absolute separation in 1971.
Since 1971, as far as I know there never was any demand for the return of Bangladesh into Pakistan by the people of the present day Pakistan.
Yes, it is true that to-day Bangladesh and Pakistan are now two separate sovereign states. Today they stand in a more natural status. Of course, Pakistan of 21st century is no more a homeland for the Muslims of the Indian sub-continent within the meaning of the concept of Pakistan as expounded by the All-India Muslim League from 1940 to 1947. Naturally, there are new problems and issues before Pakistan today.
A.B.M. Shamsud Doulah
Advocate, Bangladesh Supreme Court
G.P.O. Box 351, Dhaka-1000
Email: shamsuddoulah@yahoo.com
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