But if Bharat wants war, she will find us fully prepared. We value our freedom more than we value anything else in the world.` This declaration was made in measured tones by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan at the end of a factual narrative of the origin of the communal riots in West Bengal and East Pakistan ... on Monday [Feb 27] morning.
He, however, emphasised: `I repeat we want nothing but peace. I have said it once and I say it again that we have no aggressive intentions towards Bharat.
Rejecting the suggestion of a Pressman that when Mr Nehru talked of adopting `other methods` he may be referring to peaceful methods only, the Prime Minister emphasised that it was a clear threat of war and he wanted the `peace loving peoples of the world to note this threat`. Staff correspondent [Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies from Hyderabad,] Sardar Mohammad Ibrahim Khan, President of the Azad Kashmir Government, last night [Feb 26] called upon all Pakistanis to redouble their efforts for the great task of liberating the four million people of the Jammu and Kashmir state.
