Re: The Ultimate Losers in Pakistan!
According to Zahid Choudri:
"The animosity between the feudal attitude of Liaqat Ali Khan and the chauvinism of the rising middle classes of Punjab was so intense that Muhajirs of Sindh and Karachi left no stone unturned to give him the eternal labels of "Qauid-i-Millat" and "Shaheed-i-Millat". But Punjabi chauvinists, on the other hand, didn't spare him until during the reign of Khwaja Nazim-u-din and afterwards, when Punjabis and Muhajirs formed an alliance against Bangalis, Sindhis, Baluchis, and Pashtuns".
Liaqat Ali Khan was killed in 1951 in Rawalpindi. Before assasination, he had decided to send Ghulam Mohammad on retirement and sake Mushtaq Ahmad Gormani and Khwaja Shahabuddin, the governer NWFP. He was going to appoint Saradar Abd-u-Rab Nishtar as Vice Prime Minister and Nawab Imail Khan, a Muhajir noble from UP, as the governer of Punjab in place of Sardar Abd-u-Rab Nishtar. He also wanted to make Hussain Shaheed Surharwardi, a Bangali, a minister. Probably, this was too much to bear for the leaders of Punjab.
At the time of assasination, Malik Ghulam Mohammad, Mushtaq Ahmad Gormani, Khwaja Shahab-u-Din, Choudri Zafarullah Khan, Sardar Bahadar Khan, and Khan Abdul Qayum Khan had gathered in Rawalpindi. After the assasination, a closed door meeting was held among these people to which Sardar Abd-u-Rab Nishtar was not allowed. In that meeting, Ghulam Mohammad was decided to be the governer general and Khwaja Nizamuddin, the prime minister.
This means the alliance against Bangalis came into effect after the death of Liaqat Ali Khan.