Question

any four reasons that east pakistan wanted to separate from west pakistan

Answer 1

Bengalis wanted Bengali as the official language of the country but West Pakistanis rejected it on the basis that it would raise ethinism. This point was true but the main thing which provoked Bengalis was the killing of 12 Bengalis students when they were protesting our Urdu as national language. This was the reason why we celebrate International language day on 21 February.They stated that the single largest Pakistani export is Jute and the largest part of Budget spending is military. There is no major border issue with India on the East Pakistan side. So Bengali wealth was being transfered to West Pakistan. Which was in fact was true.In West Pakistan, the number of education and health care facilities increased by 160% where as in East Pakistan the increase was only 33%.The per capita income in W.P was 313 or around it and while in the E.P it was around 280 or around it.