But what is the most glaring aspect in this whole episode is that, even though Mazhar Ali Khan had been forewarned by Faiz Ahmad Faiz of his arrest, no one from the print media wrote in the support of these men. A Press Hate Campaign against them was started simultaneously with the announcement of this Conspiracy by the Liaqat Ali Khan. They were called Traitors. Eighteen editors representing the entire press of Pakistan had been flown in to Karachi in a pre-planned move from Dacca, Lahore, Peshawar and all were addressed by Altaf Hussain the Editor of Dawn on the evening of 09 March 1951-The meeting without waiting for, or demanding details, all agreed to pass a resolution there and then, to support the Government Action done in the morning and gave full assurance to the Government of an ‘unqualified’ support to any further measures adopted by the Government however severe they maybe. This resolution and the statement of the Prime-minster appeared side by side on the front page of Dawn on 10 March 1951.This action on part of the Press without even verifying facts amounted to giving the sitting Government a ‘carte blanche’. pakpotpourri2.wordpress/2014/03/24/coup-of-1951part-vi/
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