General Elections 1970

[Karla M]

The real reason West was politically dominant is because many of the government and bureaucratic buildings were built and located in West Pakistan (National Assembly/Parliament, Supreme Court, Pakistan Public Works Department, Federal Board of Revenue, State Bank of Pakistan (Headquarters in Karachi), Higher Education Commission, Federal Public Service Commission, Election Commission of Pakistan, and the list goes on. This also means the employees and heads of many of these government and bureaucratic/agencies were West Pakistanis. Another important institution was the military was established in West Pakistan. Although East Pakistan had higher population it was lesser developed to begin with and thus West Pakistan was politically and institutionally more dominant.

Thanks for the reply.

That explains it. Somehow I feel military is the most important factor.
One question, the military in East Pakistán. .. were they recruited and trained in west Pakistán?? Or was there some east pakistaní force??