SEPARATION of Karachi was accepted by the Sind Muslim League Assembly Party on Tuesday [July 6]. Advising the people of Sind and the Provincial Government to “gracefully accept the advice of the Quaid-i-Azam”, the resolution stated that any struggle … would be detrimental to the interests of both Pakistan and Sind. The following is [a part of] the text of the resolution: … The Sind Government and the Sind Muslim League Assembly Party have been trying to persuade the Pakistan Government that Karachi should not be separated. In pursuance of this a deputation saw the Premier of Pakistan and the Quaid-i-Azam.

The Sind Muslim League Assembly Party, after having heard the account of the interviews of the deputationists … and after having considered the statement of the Quaid-i-Azam … and … in view of the … problems with which our newly born state is faced, and since it appears that the Government of Pakistan are determined to bring into effect the resolution of the Constituent Assembly by taking over Karachi as a Centrally administered area, against the wishes of the people of Sindh, resolves that … it will be detrimental to the interests of both Pakistan and Sind to carry on the struggle any further… . — Staff correspondent

Published in Dawn, July 7th, 2023