From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1947: Seventy-five years ago: 'Pathanistan' unacceptable.

PESHAWAR -- In a statement to the 'Orient Press of India', Khan Abdul Qaiyum Khan said that Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was striving to carve out a small State between Afghanistan and Pakis-tan, which would be financed by HindusA!tan. Besides satisfying the personal vanity of the Badshah who was eager to become a King and whose residence was known as Shahibagh, this vassal State would act as a fifth column of Hindu Imperialism.

It would be a permanent threat to both Pakistan and Afghanistan, inasmuch as it would be a wedge between the two. He added that the Frontier Muslims were wide awake and they would not be influenced by the tactics adopted by the Congress.

Mr. Qaiyum said that the...