750 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বিতীয় খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ সংখ্যালঘিষ্ঠ দলসমূহ কর্তৃক । পাকিস্তান টাইমস ১৬ মার্চ, ১৯৭১ ; : MINORITY PARTIES LEADERS CRITICIZE BHUTTO S SPEECH Press Report on March 16, 1971 Nawabzada Sher Ali Khan when contacted by PPI to comment on Chairman Bhutto's Karachi speech, said he had not read it in detail so he could not make a comprehensive comment. Nevertheless, he said he was not ready to accept that any sensible and patriotic Muslim could present a proposal envisaging the break-up of Pakistan into two countries as was evidently implied by this move to transfer of power to the majority parties in the two Wings. He said if the proposal had been correctly reported, he could say that its consequences would be far more catastrophic for the Muslims of the Sub-Continent than the tragedies that befell them at the battles of Plassey and Seringapatum. Such a proposal could only fulfill the hopes of those who were opposed to the establishment and continued existence of Pakistan. "It would please our enemies who forced a war on us in 1965", he said. "I hope and pray he has been incorrectly reported", Nawabzada Sher Ali Khan said. He was confident that the Muslims of East as well as West Pakistan would never allow to succeed a conspiracy to tear the country to pieces. Mian Tufail Mian Tufail Mohammad, acting "Amir" of the 'Jama'at-i-Islami said in Lahore on Sunday that the setting up of two separate governments in the two wings of the country would be a negation of the Legal Framework Order. Commenting on the proposal of Mr. Z.A. Bhutto, chairman of the Pakistan People's Party that power in West Pakistan must be transferred to the People's Party, if it was to be transferred to the Awami League in East Pakistan, Mian Tufail Mohammad said that a division of this sort contradicted the Legal Framework Order which was promulgated only to safeguard the integrity of the country. He said Mr. Z.A. Bhutto, by making this suggestion had clearly stated his purpose of becoming the sole ruler in West Pakistan. He said it was strange that Mr. Bhutto had now started talking about West Pakistan as a single unit. He said that the conditions prevalent in East Pakistan today were a result of the attitude adopted by Mr. Bhutto. Hainid Sarfraz Malik Hamid Sarfraz, General Secretary, Punjab Awami League said in Lahore on Sunday that it was shocking to learn that Mr. Z.A. Bhutto, in the course of his speech at
