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dated May 8, 1956: Pakistan's assurance

The Indo-Pakistan conference on minority exodus concluded in Dacca on May 6. A communiqué issued at the end of the conference said the representatives of the two countries agreed that the primary responsibility for the migration of minorities should be held by the country from which such exodus took place. The communiqué stressed that the minorities should look forward to their own country only for their safety and must pledge loyalty to the country where they were living. The Pakistani delegation reiterated that the minorities were their trust and had to lead a life honourably as full citizens of Pakistan, as guaranteed under Pakistan Constitution.

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