PAKISTAN’S STATUS
RELATIONS WITH BRITAIN STILL AT LIBERTY TO MAKE CHANGES NZPA—Reuter —Copyright Rec. 10 p.m. KARACHI, May 26. People who believed that Pakistan’s relations with Britain must remain unchanged “ whatever shape events might take,” were entirely mistaken, said the Prime Minister, Mr Liaquat Ali Khan, in a broadcast last night While in London for the Commonwealth Prime Minister’s Conference he had made no commitments which would bind Pakistan either to remain in the Commonwealth or leave it. Pakistan’s Constituent Assembly, he said, had full liberty to make a decision on any one of three matters: First, to continue existing relations; secondly, to reshape her constitutional relations with the Commonwealth as India had done; thirdly, to sever all connections with the Commonwealth. He said he had encountered in Britain an opinion that Pakistan’s relations would not change.
“Pakistan cannot rest content with mere words unless those who profess friendship with her give practical proof of their sincerity,” said vfie Prime Minister.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27091, 27 May 1949, Page 5
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