French Communist Parties. The Council Muslim League is not alone in its new-found radicalism. Most of the political parties, excepting the Jamaat-i-Islami, the Pakistan Army and the. Civil Service of Pakistan, are posing radical alternatives.
The only existing left party is the National Awami Party. It is, as Maulana Bhashani himself acknowledges, a broad-based social-democratic party with members of the defunct Pakistan Communist Party dispersed throughout it. (The Pakistan C.P. was banned in 1951 alter an attempted putsch). The division of the party into pro-Moscow and pro-Peking wings is based not as much on political as on personality differences. In the Pakistani context it is an unfortunate division because the fascists bent on liquidating the left, are not going to distinguish between pro-Peking and pro-Moscow sympathisers. Some form of unity is therefore essential between the two factions. Their internecine squabbling has crippled the Pakistani Left and als kept out some excellent cadres who are prepared for solid political work but who are disgusted with the petty and vindictive backbiting which characterises left politics in Pakistan. Though in some parts of the country (particularly in the NW Frontier) the leadership of the pro-Moscow NAP would April 20th. If you want to be kept informed Already coal miners in Baluchistan have defied Martial Law regulations and come out on strike; their leader has been shot dead and others arrested. But this is only the beginning. The longer the country is ruled by medieval laws the more vicious will be the revenge of the people One hopes that the Generals will take note of this before trying to pull Pakistan back to the Dark Ages.
AFGHANISTAN CHINA EAST PAKISTAN DALCUTTAN INDIA ARABAN BENGAI There was 1000 strong demonstration outside the Pakistan High Commission on Sunday 6th April. Larger demonstrations are being planned in the future and one specifically on of activities on Pakistan or if you are a most points they agree with the other NAP.
to a certain extent in the working-class suburbs of Dacca: They the dockworkers in Karachi. The party wings of the country. Leader: Maulana Basham.
1. NATIONAL AWAMI PARTY (Wali Khan Group-"pro-Moscow') Strong in the North West Frontier where it would probably win a majority of the seats. The Frontier party is led by Wali Khan whose support is really based on his anti-One Unit stand. It is possible that his group would join a coalition with the Centrist parties at the Centre. In the other regions party has some excellent cadres. Its leader in Punjab is Mahmud Ali Kasuri, a distinguished lawyer and possibly the only honest social-democrat in the Punjab. He served as a member of Bertrand Russell War Crimes Tribunal. Of late there have been moves in the Punjab for some form of unity. There is a small, but vocal, wing of proMoscowStalinists inside the party, but their influence is not very visible. In East Pakistan the party's leading spokesman is Prof. Mozaffar Ahmed, who is pro-Moscow in the orthodox sense. Party is strong amongst the students in East Pakistan, though on 2. NATIONAL AWAMI PARTY (Bhashani Group)
Strong in East Pakistan, particularly in the countryside and among the students, and also would win 45-50% of East Pakistan in a General Election if they decided to contest it. In the West they are strong in Multan, where Syed Kaswar Gardezi has built a strong organisation amongst the peasantry, but elsewhere the support is scattered. In the West they were till recent! divided into two groups. One led by ex-Major Ishaq and the other by Mr C.R. Aslam. Th latter's attitude towards the Ayub regime has been extremely ambivalent and they had virtually used Peking's friendship with Rawalpindi to opt out of political opposition to Ayub. As a result they lost a certain degree of support in West Pakistan. However they were forced to join the movement in its later stages and their workers were mobilized in the struggle. They have a good deal of influence among the railway workers in Lahore and also includes pro-Peking communists in both SOCIALIST
The Black Dwarf April 18 1969