THIS is with reference to the letter `A case of biasness` (March 24) which questioned the omission of Shaheed-i-Millat Liaquat Ali Khan from the 75-rupee celebratory currency note.

Some of us historians specialising in Pakistan`s history have been noting with some concern a deliberate movement to airbrush Liaquat out from Pakistan`s history through neatly calculated omissions from new history books and newspaper articles.

The fact is that some of the articles written by unbiased historians and intellectuals on the country`s first prime minister have inexplicably disappeared from the archives of the publications in which they had been published in the good old days.

It is a historical fact that Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah called Liaquat his `right hand` and said that he could not have succeeded without the latter`s help. Jinnah`s policies, decisions, higher diplomacy, will and determination were at the core of the Pakistan movement, but the rallying of the masses, the countrywide organisation, the act of reaching out to Muslims at the grassroots level and carrying the movement forward was done more or less singlehandedly by Liaquat.

As evidence, I would recommend Dr Richard Long`s book, Dear MrJinnah, which, by the way, also seems to have disappeared from Pakistani bookstores. The book is a simple reproduction of the actual letters exchanged between the two great leaders about their thoughts at various points during the Pakistan movement.

The letters show Jinnah, with his failing health and debilitation, leaving all the travelling and rallying to his `right hand` man, relying on him and trusting his decisions to appoint All-India Muslim League (AIML) leaders, and expressing his absolute confidence and trust more than once.In these letters, one may also discover that the idea for launching Dawn as the official AIML mouthpiece was conceived by Liaquat, the funds were raised by him, and Altaf Hussain was appointed the editor by him. In short, the newspaper was conceived and launched entirely by Liaquat, which was founded in the name of his beloved leader, Jinnah.

Dr Javid Ali London, United Kingdom