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PAKISTAN : COMMUNAL AGGRESSION 257
They were in the following terms :—
The form of the future Constitution should be federal with residuary powers vested in the provinces.
A uniform measure of autonomy should be granted to all provinces.
All legislatures in the country and other elected bodies should be reconstituted on the definite principle of adequate and effective representation of minorities in every province without reducing the majority of any province to a minority or even equality.
In the Central Legislature, Muslim representation should not be less than one-third.
The representation of communal groups should continue to be by means of separate electorates as at present, provided that it should be open to any community at any time to abandon its separate electorate in favour of joint electorates.
Any territorial redistribution that might at any time be necessary should not in any way affect the Muslim majority in the Punjab, Bengal and North-West Province.
Full religious liberty, that is, liberty of belief, worship, observances, propaganda, association and education should be guaranteed to all communities.
No bill or resolution, or any part thereof, should be passed in any legislature or any other elected body if three-fourths of the members of any community in that particular body oppose such bill or resolution or part thereof on the ground that it would be injurious to the interests of that community or, in the alternative, such other method as may be devised or as may be found feasible and practicable to deal with such cases.
Sind should be separated from the Bombay Presidency.
Reforms should be introduced in the North-West Frontier Province and Baluchistan on the same footing as in other provinces.
Provision should be made in the Constitution giving the Muslims an adequate share along with other Indians in all the Services of the State and in self-governing bodies, having due regard to the requirements of efficiency.
The constitution should embody adequate safeguards for the protection of Muslim religion, culture and personal law, and the promotion of Muslim education, language, religion, personal laws, Muslim charitable institutions, and for their due share in grants-in-aid given by the State and by self-governing bodies.
No Cabinet, either Central or Provincial, should be formed without there being a proportion of Muslim Ministers of at least one-third.