Mr. Manto pointed out that the elections to the National Assembly were held for the whole country, and the Awami League had emerged as the single largest party in the whole country. Therefore, the Awami League majority could not he reduced only for East Pakistan, he added.
He said that with the suggestion made by Mr. Bhutto on Sunday in Karachi, the People's Party stood fully exposed. The people should now fully realize the dangerous designs of the P.P.P which was out to disintegrate the country, He said that the people had voted for the PPP not for the dismemberment of Pakistan. “The patriotic people will not allow the People's Party to endanger the solidarity of the country,” he said.
Mohammad Mahmood
Mr. Mohammad Mahmood, former General Secretary of the All-Pakistan Awami League, commenting on the speech of Mr. Z.A. Bhutto, said that it was for the people of the Punjab to decide whether they want one Pakistan or two Pakistan as had been advocated by the Chairman of the People's Party. The people of the Punjab had given him support and it was for them to withdraw that support if they wanted one Pakistan.
In a statement, he said Mr. Bhutto stood fully exposed and so Mr. Abdul Qayyum Khan, both were a great obstacle in the way of transfer of power to the people both of them wanted commitments about their share in the Government before they lent support for the Constitution-making.
Mahmudul Haquc Usmani
Mr. Mahmudul Haque Usmani, Secretary-General, National Awami Party (Wali group on Monday evening said it was most ‘imperative’ that ‘a caretaker’ government should be formed at the centre.
Addressing the party workers, he said it should be the discretion of the majority party leader to select any member of the National Assembly for inclusion in the caretaker ministry for running the administration and immediate solution of various problems confronting the nation.
Kazi Faiz Mohammad
Kazi Faiz Mohammad, senior Vice-President of the Pakistan Awami League said in Karachi on Monday that the speech delivered by PPP Chief, Mr. Z. A Bhutto in Karachi yesterday was replete with contradictions based on a combination of truths and untruths’.
Prof. Ghafoor Ahmed, MNA-elect and leader of the Jama'at-i-Islami Parliamentary Party on Monday evening said that Pakistan People's Party Chief Mr. Z. A. Bhutto wanted to divide the country into two pails to capture power in the Western Wing.
East Wing
Mr. Bhutto's suggestion of transferring power to both the majority parties simultaneously evoked a sharp reaction in East Pakistan and political circle in East Pakistan said such a suggestion proved that Mr. Bhutto believed in two Pakistans.
