From: chaudhry@schroedinger.engin.umich.edu (Iblees)
Subject: Karachi and Sind 
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 22:44:16 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
Keywords: Pakistan,capital
Originator: chaudhry@schroedinger.engin.umich.edu



The following excerpt is from "Pakistan : From 1947 to the Creation of 
Bangladesh", a research report published by the Keesing's Publications in 1973.


"The Assembly on May 23, 1948, adopted a resolution presented by the Government 
formally proclaiming Karachi, the capital of Sind, as capital of the Dominion of 
Pakistan. ( Karachi had been the provisional capital of the Dominion since the 
latter came into existence.) This met with strong dissatisfaction on the part of 
the Sind Moslem League Council, which, on June 11, instructed the Sind 
Government not to surrender to the Central Government any of its powers in 
respect of Karachi and to convene a special session of the Sind Legislative 
Assembly to record a formal denunciation of the Constituent Assembly's 
resolution, which it was said had "flouted the will of the Sind people."
 It was not until July 6 that, after having put their views directly before 
Governor-General Jinnah, the Sind Moslem League Assembly Party decided to 
acquiesce in the Constituent Assembly's decision. The administration of Karachi, 
including the air and sea ports, the railway headquaters, and islands off the 
coast, was formally transferred from the Government of Sind to the Government of 
Pakistan on July 23."


The excerpt given above is my total [ extremely small :-) :-)] knowledge about 
this affair. Can any netter confirm/refute the contents of the this excerpt or 
give comments or more information about this important event in Sind's history 
which may have had an effect on the present demographics(?) of urban Sind.

BTW my 2 cent worth of opinion about how we should look at our history:

While ascertaining the facts about Pakistan's history, I feel it is imperative 
that we should not allow the past to bury our future.  Neither do I feel that as 
a country, our future course should be *hostage* to the actions and aspirations 
of the generation which founded Pakistan. While making decisions Pakistan's 
history should be kept in perspective, to fully comprehend the situation or to 
learn from history ( and, thus the need to know more about our country's 
history). But present day decisions have to be made in accordance with the 
*present* aspirations of the *present day* citizens of Pakistan ( this, of 
course, includes many people from the generation which founded Pakistan).

Thus statements like " XYZ was the reason why my/our parents/grandparents ( or 
whoever ) made such and such sacrifices, and so the country should now be doing 
XYZ" should not be sufficient reason to do XYZ now. ( I am saying this because 
some people on the net have been making statements similar to the above 
hypothetical statement in discussions about present/future course of action of 
the people of Pakistan.   


Nauman [Iblees Iblees kardey ni maiN aapey Iblees huya ] Chaudhry
( With apologies to Shah Hussain and Baba Bulleh Shah :-) :-) )

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According to Christianity [ Islam and some other religions ] God " is supposed
to be a revengful tyrant, delighting in cruelty,  punishing his creatures for
the very sins which he causes them to commit; and creating numberless millions
of immortal souls, that could never have offended him, for the express purpose
of tormenting them to all eternity"