HM211 Pakistan Studies

Course Instructor:
Mahboobul Rahman Khan

Establishment of Pakistan: Initial

problems

Hurried partition: Mountbatten's policy of cut and run

harmed Pakistans interests.
Indias hostile attitudes: From the beginning India
adopted very hostile attitude and did everything not to
let Pakistan settle.
Formation of government and administrative
machinery: Lack of trained manpowerlack of
recordssetting of central government and
secretariatre-organization
of
administrative
departments, civil, foreign and armed cervices.
Influx of refugees: Millions of destitute and homeless
people crossed into Pakistan/rehabilitation of refugees.
Division of armed forces and military assets: Pakistan
never got its proper share.

 Division of financial assets: Out of Rs. 750

million an installment of 200 million was paid and
the rest was stoppedOn Gandhis intervention
Rs. 500 million were paid, the remaining 50
million were never paid.
Economic problems: India denied equitable share
of military and civil assetsno central bank, State
Bank of Pakistan established on 1st July 1948
Practically
no
industries
in
Pakistan
transportation
in
poor
shapePakistan
Development Board was set up in 1948
Agricultural Corporation set up first budget
1948-49 was a balance budget.
Canal water dispute: India cut off canal water
supply to Punjab.

 Accession of states: Kashmir and Junagarh

war in Kashmir.
Political problems: Location of the two
wingsmonopoly of West Pakistan in
government departments and armed forces
language
controversyprovincialism
constitution making.