Admiral Ahsan Mission
Ahsan's Formula (or the Admiral Ahsan Mission) was a peace initiative mission dispatched by the
The mission came in the wake of increasingly strained and difficult foreign relations between Pakistan and East Pakistan since the civil unrest had gripped East Pakistan as Awami League's demonstrations and demands for the provincial autonomy against Pakistan's central administration after the
The recommendations based on the studies were roughly based on six-point movement proposed by the Awami League in 1969 and called for:
- Center would control the defence, military, foreign, national security, and the currency.[1]: 102
- Province(s) would have the authority to raise revenue and would fund the subject of the federation.[1]: 102
- Repatriation of Western Pakistanis citizens and bureaucrats to Pakistan with Eastern Pakistanis stationed back to East.
- Equal divisions of national assets between Pakistan and East Pakistan based on population census.
The mission also called for Pakistan becoming a co-federation with Yahya Khan as president with Mujib being the Prime Minister of East while Bhutto being Prime Minister of Pakistan.[1]: 102 Civil servants from Pakistan stationed in East would repatriated to Pakistan and the national assets would equally be divided between East and West Pakistan.[1]: 102 The proposal was met with strong support from the international community and India fell in line though reluctant.[1]: 102
The formula was supported by the political leaders of West Pakistan, with the exception of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and by the international community, including, reluctantly, India.: 102 [1] However, the Mission was not supported by the military elements in the Yahya administration who debated acrimoniously over the scope of the mission's recommendations among the advisors in Yahya administration.[3]
By the fall of 1971, the mission's recommendations were bypassed with Admiral Ahsan submitting his resignation and posted back to Pakistan, followed by the resignation of Lieutenant-General Yaqub Ali Khan.
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 9780875866345. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ISBN 9788172120016.
- ISBN 3515029087.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-0-19-577761-1.
- Shariff, Admiral Mohammad (2010). Admiral's Diary: Battling Through Stormy Sea Life for Decades. Army Press. p. 415.