698 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড কানাডা বাংলাদেশ সমিতি কানাডা ও কুবেক কর্তৃক প্রকাশিত সংবাদপত্র শিরোনাম ংবাদপত্র তারিখ Call-up in Bangladesh.” 31 July, 1971 West Pakistan Toronto : No. 2 CALL-UP IN WEST PAKISTAN Pakistan has introduced army conscription for the first time, writes, Anthony Mascarenhas. The move coincides with President Yahya khan's stern warning yesterday 'we are very near to war with India'. And the war in the eastern province is now taking its economic toll in the western wing. Karachi papers report widespread layoff of 2,300 textile workers and 1,000 public service employees in the city alone. 75 textile installations have been closed down in the province. In Layalpur there was a demonstration of mill workers against the mass layoff last month. All over West Pakistan the industries are affected by the loss of protected East Pakistan market, the loss of raw material from the east and the necessity to pay cash for imported chemicals and machineries. Some Japanese companies have refused to give credit without guarantees from British banks. British exporters have put off when the Board of Trade declined to underwrite new contracts with Pakistan. A Karachi editor says "Pakistan died in March. The only way this land can be held together is by the bayonet and the torch. But that it is not unity that is slavery. There can never be one nation in the future, only two enemies," reports Newsweek's Loren Jenkins. Labor unrest in West Pakistan is sharply mounting and along with that Z. A. Bhutto, the PPP chief is fast loosing his support. Recently he met president Yahya Khan to discuss the present political situation in West Pakistan. Yahya Khan seems to be in no mood to transfer administration to civilian Government.
- Bangladesh: বাংলাদেশ সমিতি কানাডা টরোন্টো শাখা কর্তৃক প্রকাশিত।
