Speech in Kalat State's Parliament
On August 12, 1947 (two days before the partition of Pakistan) Kalat State announced its independence. On 12 December 1947 the first session of the Kalat State Parliament was held in Kalat in which all members of the Parliament took oath. When the matter of annexation of Kalat into Pakistan, Mir Ghaus Bakhsh emphasized on the point that just sharing a common religion wasn't grounds enough for Kalat to join Pakistan. He delivered the historic speech in the house of common in Kalat parliament and refused to be a part of Pakistan. He argued that if we have to join Pakistan on the basis of religion than Afghanistan and Iran should also merge with Pakistan. The resolution of not emerging with Pakistan was passed in the House.
After Balochistan was merged into Pakistan in March 1948, Mir Ghaus Bakhsh was arrested and put into Khuzdar Jail.
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