Excerpts From Major General Iskander Mirza's Letter To His Children
Mr. Chundrigar is now Prime Minister and I hope the present Government will continue until general election in November 1958. I am quite sure there will be a new President in the new set-up. I am tired of trying to keep the country on the rails and wish all the luck to my successor. With 15% literacy we are trying to run a Constitution which requires 70% literacy - This is the basis of all our troubles. I trusted the Army and in Military honour of General Ayub khan. This was an error of judgment, and people who got on top and misjudge as I did have no right to complain and deserve what they get. This is the end of an episode as far as I am concerned. Individuals don't count, it is the country which matters. Signed I.A.M.
Iskander Mirza wrote in his biography that Pakistan was made by M. A. Jinnah the quade azam but the real freedom won by Bacha Khan. This is his remarks when he was sitting in the house garden along with Ayub khan drinking wisky. The next day evening one major and few soldiers sent by Ayub khan and forced Askander Mirza to resign and put him in commissioner Quetta house in arrest and then flew to London.
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