Guynextdoor
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I did not read all your whining as I had to go back and counter claim most of your numbers...
Here is the demand of E. Pakistan not everything Ayub did or will do. And I see its fair enough as nobody needs nobody but East takes care of east and west takes care of west and we all are happy.
1.The constitution should provide for a Federation of Pakistan in its true sense on the Lahore Resolution and the parliamentary form of government with supremacy of a Legislature directly elected on the basis of universal adult franchise.
Perfect and that's how modern federations including india work
2. The federal government should deal with only two subjects : Defence and Foreign Affairs, and all other residuary subjects shall be vested in the federating states.
Perfect and that's how modern federations including india work
Some additions to teh federation could be added for administrative efficiency but that could have been managed
3. Two separate, but freely convertible currencies for two wings should be introduced ; or if this is not feasible, there should be one currency for the whole country, but effective constitutional provisions should be introduced to stop the flight of capital from East to West Pakistan. Furthermore, a separate Banking Reserve should be established and separate fiscal and monetary policy be adopted for East Pakistan.
might have needed discussions but some realistic compromise could have been worked out
4. The power of taxation and revenue collection shall be vested in the federating units and the federal centre will have no such power. The federation will be entitled to a share in the state taxes to meet its expenditures.
Same as above. They would have haggled and created two lists- one for centre and one for state
5. There should be two separate accounts for the foreign exchange earnings of the two wings ; the foreign exchange requirements of the federal government should be met by the two wings equally or in a ratio to be fixed; indigenous products should move free of duty between the two wings, and the constitution should empower the units to establish trade links with foreign countries.
6. East Pakistan should have a separate militia or paramilitary force.
'paramilitary': yes, under a unified civil service east could have this
Did you see anything in these demand where East wanted anything from West????
Nothing that wasn't workable. Lots of haggling but reasonable compromise was workable.