![]() An independence movement in East Pakistan began to gather ground. During the 1960s, there was a rise in Bengali nationalism in East Pakistan, and of allegations that economic development and hiring for government jobs favoured West Pakistan. However, the United States adopted a policy of denying military aid to both India and Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 over Kashmir and the Rann of Kutch.Ä«etween 19, Pakistan consisted of two geographically separate regions, West Pakistan and East Pakistan. Pakistan joined two formal military alliances - the Baghdad Pact (later known as CENTO) which included Iran, Iraq, and Turkey to defend the Middle East and Persian Gulf against the Soviet Union and SEATO which covered South-East Asia. During Ayub's rule, relations with the United States and the West grew stronger. Ayub Khan almost lost the controversial 1965 presidential elections to Fatima Jinnah. Field Marshal Ayub Khan became president and began a new system of government called Basic Democracy with a new constitution, by which an electoral college of 80,000 would select the President. Just two years later the military took control of the nation. ![]() ![]() The Dominion was dissolved on 23 March, 1956 and replaced by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan with the last Governor-General, Iskandar Mirza, as the first president.
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