Re: The Ultimate Losers in Pakistan!
Probably, Liaqat Ali was aware of the disproportionate power of Punjab in bureaucracy and was in the process of taking measures to balance it politically. That infuriorated Punjab.
Although, Bangalis at that time had the majority but this was rather Punjab that considered itself the bastion of Pakistaniyat.
This can be well-gauged from a statement issued by Aziz Hindi, a leader of an organization Tanzeemi-i-Zarbi Islam Lahore, and published prominantly in Nawa-i-Waqt, representative news papers of Punjabi chauvinists, on May 31, 1951.
"I categorically state that only the blood of the brave men of Punjab is a guarantee for the freedom and stability of Pakistan. Punjab is destined to play the most important and historical role in the growth and evolution of Pakistan. Therefore, if Punjab doesn't have a major say and share in the central government, that will be harmful for the present as well as future of Pakistan. It wouldn't be an overstatement to call Punjab as the Prussia of Pakistan. Punjab has the same importance in Pakistab as Prussia in Germany"
It should be remembered that bulk of German armed forces before WW II came from Prussia.
Interestingly, Bangalis being a majority, never aspired a Prussian role for themselves.