EDITORIAL : PAKISTAN GETS ANGRY WITH THE WEST
THE NATION (Freetown) September 4, 1971
"Pakistan should forego western economic aid if it is to be used is lever against Pakistan’s national interest. This is the recurring theme of statements by Pakistani political leaders,, editorial comments, articles and letters to editors. Significantly, the demand is coming from leaders of parties always regarded as pro-west. The same is true of a large segment of the press. Left wing leaders had always opposed western aid in its present form. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, chief of the Pakistan People’s Party at one time even demanded repudiation of foreign debts.
"Pakistan should forego western economic aid if it is to be used is lever against Pakistan’s national interest. This is the recurring theme of statements by Pakistani political leaders,, editorial comments, articles and letters to editors. Significantly, the demand is coming from leaders of parties always regarded as pro-west. The same is true of a large segment of the press. Left wing leaders had always opposed western aid in its present form. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, chief of the Pakistan People’s Party at one time even demanded repudiation of foreign debts.
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