On the eve of its creation Pakistan faced a number
of stupendous problems which hardly had any parallel in the history of the
world especially of any newly born state. She had too many burdens to carry and
too many problems to solve. She came into being almost with practically no
central administration of office routine. She was a state without any
practicable economic or geographic basis, political organization or political
tradition with any pertinence to modern conditions. Militarily she was weak and
defenseless, with enemies, not reconciled to her establishment, busy in
conspiring to strangulate her on its very birth. But fortunately she had a
great leader and organizer in person of Quaid-I-Azam to steer the ship of her
destiny to safety and security. Almost single handedly he grappled with all
these problems which would have broken a man of lesser mettle. But he was not a
man to be over-powered by any danger, challenge or obstacle that confronted
him. Under his inspired leadership the nation also showed its inherent strength
to grapple with these problems with remarkable determination and success.
The shortage of trained human power especially
senior officers was a serious problem in the setting up of federal government
in Karachi. Most of them had migrated to India. There was a shortage of office
space, equipment and furniture. This disturbed the direct connections between
the federal government and provincial governments. On the other hand, the
provincial governments were overburdened that needed very accurate connection
between the center and the provinces to solve the problems of the Muslim
refugees who had nothing to eat, drink, wear, rest, etc. To counter the
critical situation, the official system should have been efficient but due to
the lack of all these facilities the administrative authorities were painfully
facing difficulties.
2: Division of Assets
The Indian government was not cooperative for
transfer of record and equipment to Pakistan. The civil administration was not
handing over the promised financial, military, and other shares that created
mountainous hurdles to eradicate the pains and miseries of the refugees.
Financial Assets
The full financial share of Pakistan was not
transferred. Initially rupees 200 million were transferred that were not
sufficient to meet the expenditures of the newly born state. The Indian government
was so reactionary that it tried its level best to block these funds to
suffocate the newly born Muslim state as they expected foolishly that Pakistan
would collapse and rejoin India soon after its existence. They did not release
the remaining funds until Gandhi’s threat of man Bert (fast until death). Under
this pressure, more funds were sent in early 1948 but no installment was later
paid.
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