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CHAPTER XIV
THE PROBLEMS OF PAKISTAN
I
Among the many problems to which the partition of India into Pakistan and Hindustan must give rise will be the following three problems:—
(1) The problem of the allocation of the financial assets and liabilities of the present Government of India,
(2) The problem of the delimitation of the areas, and
(3) The problem of the transfer of population from Pakistan to Hindustan and vice versa.
Of these problems the first is consequential, in the sense, that it would be worth while to consider it only when the partition of India has been agreed to by the parties concerned. The two other problems stand on a different footing. They are conditions precedent to Pakistan in the sense that there are many people who will not make up their mind on Pakistan unless they are satisfied that some reasonable and just solution of them is possible. I will, therefore, confine myself to the consideration only of the last two problems of Pakistan.
II
On the question of the boundaries of Pakistan we have had so far no clear and authoritative statement from the Muslim League. In fact it is one of the complaints made by the Hindus that while Mr. Jinnah has been carrying on a whirlwind campaign in favour of Pakistan, which has resulted in fouling the political atmosphere in the country, Mr. Jinnah has not thought fit to inform his critics of the details regarding the boundaries of his proposed Pakistan. Mr. Jinnah’s argument has all along been that any discussion regarding the boundaries of Pakistan is premature and that the boundaries of Pakistan will be a matter for discussion when