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Fazle Umar 262 which were well attended and received good and appreciative press publicity. He then travelled to the principal cities of West Pakistan, Sialkot, Jhelum, Karachi, Peshawar, Rawalpindi and Quetta, in that order, and addressed large and appreciative audiences in those cities on the different facets of the problems confronting Pakistan. His analysis of each situation was masterly, but was reduced to and expressed in simple terms which made it easily comprehensible, and his suggestions, solutions and guidance were wise and most helpful. He was listened to everywhere with great attention, as his prestige at the time stood very high, on account of all the help and support that he had given to Mr Jinnah and the Muslim League in the crucial period during which the shape of the future constitution of India was being settled and the relief and shelter that was provided at Qadian for the Muslim refugees from East Punjab during the days of the terrible aftermath of the partition. It was noted with appreciative satisfaction that at no time in the course of his addresses did he make the slightest allusion to the suffer- ings of the Community and the loss of lives and property incurred by it during the period of terror, or to the help that it was able to render to everyone within its reach.