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 Mr. Suhrawardy who is the founder of the new defunct Awami League was tried under the EBDO by the present government. Ile has debarred under the EBDO rules from holding any office for a period of six years (Excerpt).

Government explains arrest.

 The Government of Pakistan has been compelled to effect the arrest and detention of Mr. H. S- Suhrawardy under the Security of Pakistan Act, in the larger interest of the country says a press note issued by the Government of Pakistan.

 It is already well known that Mr. Suhrawardy ever since the inception of Pakistan had been for reasons of personal aggrandizement, indulging in activities which were of a highly prejudicial nature and it would not be unfair to say in a large measure he along with several others was responsible for the predicament in which Pakistan found itself in the later half of 1958.

 The role played by Mr. Suhrawardy and the people of his like brought the country to the brink of a major disaster led to the revolution. With the commemoration of the revolution the root that had set in was stemmed. Not only was it stemmed but positive gains were achieved in the last three years and more.

 Throughout this period it had been the avowed policy of the government not to victimize or punish anyone for his past misdeeds even though they bordered on the criminal and it was for this reason that even the politicians whose conduct had been scrutinized by the EBDO Tribunals were treated generously. Mr. Suhrawardy was one of such persons.

 But Mr. Suhrawardy misunderstanding this generosity and as his ambitions knew no bounds he continued to indulge in activities prejudicial to the integrity and the safety of Pakistan. It is a sad thought that a man of his intelligence and experience instead of saving the country in the manner of a good patriot has taken it upon himself to play a destructive role even after the revolution. Mr. Suhrawardy has openly associated with anti-Pakistan elements within and outside the country.

 It was in these circumstances that the government, has been reluctantly compelled to order the detention of Mr. Suhrawardy whose activities in the recent past has been fraught with such danger to the security and safety of Pakistan that one could fairly describe them as reasonable.