THIS is with reference to the letter ‘Quaid on Indo-Pak joint
defence’ (Sept 6). As far as I know, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah never
made any such offer to India.
It
would have made no sense since Pakistan and India were already involved in
hostilities at the time, and there was no threat to either country from any
other power.
It
was Ayub Khan who offered a joint defence pact to India. Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah
was the most vocal critic of this offer.
If
the Quaid had ever made a joint defence offer to India, she would not have
opposed Ayub Khan in this matter.
Shakir
Lakhani
Karachi
Published
in Dawn, September 9th, 2018
https://www.dawn.com/news/1431843/defence-pact
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