LONDON: Chaudhri Khaliquzzaman, Presi­dent of the Pakistan Muslim League, said here today [Oct 31] that during his recent tour of Middle East countries he had found there was “a general search for some method of stabilising the Muslim States and stren­gthening them”. Chaudhri Khaliquz­zaman, who arrived in London by air from Cairo last night after a six weeks’ tour, said in an interview, he had met a number of Kings, Presidents[,] Prime Ministers and leading politicians and industrialist[s], many of whom had expressed “Agreement on the grouping of Middle East States. “Not one of them expressed any opposition to this idea,” he said.

Of the idea of Islamistan, [Mr] Kha­liq­uzzaman said, there was a general appreciation … but there are different views about the means and methods that should be pursued for realising it. “During my tour, I tried to find whether there is in the Arab world a majority opinion for the establishment of Islamistan. []The peoples of the Middle East have seriously started discussing the idea and ways for the grouping of Middle East States.” — News agencies

Published in Dawn, November 1st, 2024