RAWALPINDI: The close collaboration of the civil administration and the general public with the Pakistan Army during the recent emergency has been highlighted in a letter from the West Pakistan Governor, Malik Amir Mohammad Khan, to President Ayub. This noble spirit of co-operation between the Armed Forces and civil population in West Pakistan, according to the Governor, was the direct result of the inspiring leadership of the President himself. The Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army, Gen Mohammad Musa, had in a letter to President Ayub Khan paid tributes to the civilian population of West Pakistan and its civil administration for the assistance rendered to the Army during the recent emergency.

[Meanwhile, as reported by our correspondent in Dacca] the President of the Pakistan National Awami Party, Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, today [July 17] called upon the Government not to yield under any circumstances to the pressure tactics of America whose aid with strings attached was motivated to enslave Pakistan. He emphatically declared that the entire nation was prepared to make any supreme sacrifice to face the crisis created by the stoppage of American aid.

Addressing a Press Conference in the city this evening, Maulana Sahib asserted that the people of Pakistan would be happy to go poor rather than to compromise their sovereignty and national integrity with the imperialist Power. He assured President Ayub Khan that he would find all patriotic elements in the country rallying round him to face the open imperialist threat from outside and smash the imperialist intrigue within the country. In this context, he expressed the hope that the Socialist countries of the world would come out fully in support of Pakistan in her hour of need as they did in Egypt, Algeria, Cuba, Indonesia, and other suffering countries of the world.

Published in Dawn, July 18th, 2015

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