Since Pakistan’s creation in 1947, the Pakistani National Assembly was located in West Pakistan, and because of this, the people of East Pakistan did not have representation in their nation’s government. The Western Pakistani’s feared that the larger population in Bengali East Pakistan would take numerous the seats in the National Assembly, and the Western Pakistanis would lose their voice in government. For the first time in 1970, Pakistan held open elections for East and West Pakistan, and the Western Pakistani prediction became a reality. The Awami League party of East Pakistan took 130 of 313 seats in the National Assembly, and it left many military elites in Western Pakistan furious. They could not allow Eastern Pakistan to rule the whole nation when a majority of the political and military leaders of Pakistan had come from the West since
Since Pakistan’s creation in 1947, the Pakistani National Assembly was located in West Pakistan, and because of this, the people of East Pakistan did not have representation in their nation’s government. The Western Pakistani’s feared that the larger population in Bengali East Pakistan would take numerous the seats in the National Assembly, and the Western Pakistanis would lose their voice in government. For the first time in 1970, Pakistan held open elections for East and West Pakistan, and the Western Pakistani prediction became a reality. The Awami League party of East Pakistan took 130 of 313 seats in the National Assembly, and it left many military elites in Western Pakistan furious. They could not allow Eastern Pakistan to rule the whole nation when a majority of the political and military leaders of Pakistan had come from the West since