PAKISTAN'S LEADER /

PAKISTAN'S LEADER GETS MOSLEM POST

Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.

New York Times Oct 18, 1953;

PAKISTAN'S LEADER /

GETS MOSLEM POST/

Mohammed Ali

I s

Elected

as1

League F i ~ s i d e n t , Insuring

E ~ ~ d o r s e ~ n e n t of Policies

KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct. 17-1 niohammed Ali, Prime Minister of

Pakistan

was elected

today

president of the

Pakistani

hfoslern League ^by

an

overwhelming ma- jority. His succession to the lead- ership

bf

_the major _{political party,}

of which the Orthodox Moslems in the Government are the guiding

T h e

_election by voice vote of

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the provincial leaders, some of whom had opposed Mr. Mohammed Ali's

recent policy

changes, also reflected the harmony indicated

re-

cently when the Prime Minister resolved $he national issue of the composition of the legislature. That issue had threatened a wide split between East and West Pakistan and further delay in t h e considera- tion of the Constitution.

hfalik Fer-oz Khan Noon, Chief Minister of

P u n

j a b Province, which had been a t ^odds with East Bengal Province over represen tation, pro- posed t h e Prime Minister. The

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nomination was seconded by Numl Amin, Chief Minister of East Ben- gal.

Air. Mohammed Ali. who will be

4 4 on Monday, became the third

Prime hlinister of Pakistan six months ago today after having

sewed a s Ambassador t o the United States. Canada and

Burma. 1

members.

was interpreted as the/

most significant assurance t h a t his

reform policies would ^have the ^!

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PI

& 3 A L 6 1--

endorsement of the nation.

His opponent. Ghazi Mohammed Isa. f o n n e r Ambassador to Brazil, and Moslem League, leader in, Baluchlstan Province, received fourteen votes as against 300 for

Mr.

Mohammed Ali.