United Front (East Pakistan)

United Front (East Pakistan)

The United Front was a coalition of mainly political parties from East Pakistan, organized and led by A. K. Fazlul Huq, Maulana Bhashani and Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy of the Awami League. The coalition demanded greater provincial autonomy, the United Front had claimed during their 1954 election campaign that "Karachi treats us like some kind of colony," [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,819668,00.html Division Affirmed - Time Magazine] Karachi at the time was capital of Pakistan] .

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