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Action taken to preserve integrity of Pakistan: Prime Minister’s Broadcast

Karachi, May 30: Pakistan Prime Minister Mr. Mohammed Ali told the nation over the radio this evening. “Our sole aim in taking over the administration of the province is to save East Bengal and preserve the integrity of Pakistan.”

 The Prime Minister in a 29-minute broadcast immediately after the imposition of section 92-A in East Bengal gave a graphic survey of the situation leading to this drastic step by the Central Government. He said, the administration of East Bengal had “virtually broken down” and the Fazlul Huq Ministry was not able to secure the lives and properties of the people of the province.

 Mr. Mohammed Ali -assured the nation that in coming to this decision we have not been influenced in the slightest degree by the fact that the provincial ministry was not a Muslim League Ministry but a United Front Ministry. He added the centre did not hesitate to dismiss the Muslim League Ministries in Sind and the Punjab when similar situation arose in the past

Centre’s Information

 Mr. Mohammed Ali said that in the light of information in possession of the Government two factors stood out clearly, Firstly, disruptive forces and enemy agents were actively at work in East Bengal to undermine the integrity of Pakistan by setting Muslim against Muslims, class against class and the province against the centre. The second factor was that Mr. Fazlul Huq and his colleagues were “not prepared to made the action necessary to cope with this situation”.

 The Prime Minister detailed the tragic events resulting from the nefarious activities of subversive elements in East Bengal and referred to the troubles in the industrial centers of Chittagong, Narayanganj and Khulna immediately after the results of the United Front Victory which came to be gradually announced.

 He proceeded to mention the “Serious riot” at the Chandraghona Paper Mills where 13 persons were killed, the disturbance between the jail staff and the public at Dacca and Finally the “proudly tragic” riot at Adamjee Jute Mill in which over four hundred persons including innocent women and children were killed.

 The Prime Minister asserted that the modus operandi in all these disturbances was identical. He declared, “no government could afford to ignore a situation pregnant with such disastrous possibilities for the well being of the province and the future of Pakistan”.

 He disclosed that on 17th May directives were issued to the Provincial Government requiring them to take certain actions to cope with the situation that had arisen. At the