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positions of advantage in the Government thereupon
ensued and under its weight the foundation of the
State started quivering’ (Asma Jilani V. Government
of Punjab, PLD 1972 SC 139). On 24th October, 1954
Ghulam Muhammad, hand picked Governor General by a
proclamation
dissolved
Constituent
Assembly
and
placed armed guards outside the Assembly Hall (ibid).
In accordance with the opinion given by the Federal
Court a new Constituent Assembly was elected and a
constitution
March,
ultimately
1956.
In
the
came
into
Constituent
force
Assembly,
on
23rd
Shiekh
Mujibur Rahman, a member of the Constituent Assembly,
made a historic speech pinpointing the discriminatory
treatment
exercised
by
the
central
government
as
under:
“Sir, I am only pointing it out to you.
Sir, it is like this there are two hands to
the body of Pakistan. One is West Pakistan
and the other is East Pakistan. They are
making one hand strong and the other hand
weak. Sir, this policy is wrong and will
ruin the country. In the Central Government