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servants of the people, and except technical experts no
foreign element should be permitted."
Remarking that the Muslim League's work was over
with the establishment of Pakistan, Badshah Khan urged
its liquidation and the formation in Its place of a purely
non-communal body pledged to serve the poor and the
meek. Replying to ministerial interruptions, he retorted
that Muslim Leaguers, particularly the Punjabis, were
responsible for provincialism since the time SInd was sepa-
rated. The Pathans wanted the same self-autonomous
status as SInd, the Punjab and Bengal, lie asserted. He
desired neither to divide nor destroy Pakistan. India,
he declared, had achieved freedom. Pakistan, with Bri-
tish Governors and more British In Its administration than
had been the case for years, had passed from one oppres-
sion to an even greater one. The Pakistan Government
rule the country on such lines as the British had perfect-
ed and was in fact worse with its ordinance rule
and foreign, extravagant ways of living. It com-
plained of provincialism, but provincialism was the pro-
duct of the Muslim League and of the Punjabis. " I want
Pathanistan, but I want Pathanistan inside Pakistan just
as the Sindhis want SInd and the Punjabis want the Pun-
jab/'
Continuing further, he said, " The Muslim League,
existing as a communal organization, must be re-formed
on an inclusive basis for all nationals of Pakistan if it
is to contribute to the good of the country. While Paki-
stan must employ British and American technicians for
industrial development, they must be removed from the
administration, or "the faith of Pakistanis will vanish/'
In a Press statement, he gave a long catalogue of per-
secutions to which he and the Khudai Khidmatgars were
subjected. The Pakistan Government had denied having
gagged his paper Pakhtoon ; only their District Magistrate
had refused to accept the declaration authorizing its con-
tinuance after the previous publisher had resigned. "If
*non-acceptance pf a paper's declaration and its consequent