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7 abused the leaders of the Muslim League and denounced it as a group of irreligious 12 people. Even the Qaid-i-Azam was not spared. He was denounced as having renounced Islam in order to gain the hand of a disbelieving girl (Miss Ratan Bai) in marriage. Maulana Mazhar Ali, the General Secretary, went so far as to com- pose the following abusive couplet 13 against the Qaid-i-Azam: رامظع ےہ ہک ےہ اقدئ امظع ف � ی اک� رہ ےک واےطس االسم وک وھچڑا ف اک اک� 10. A perusal of the files containing the activities of the members of the Executive Committee of the Central Ahrar Organization maintained in the C. I. D. Political Branch of the Provincial Government at the time will, we hope, throw interesting light on these activities. The Ahrar opposed the idea of Pakistan so vehemently as to leave no doubt that the y were at that time commissioned partly at least by All India National Congress to play that role. In his presidential address given at Kasur on 1st of December 1941, Ch. Afzal Haq, dubbed Pakistan as Palidistan. 14 The attitude of the Ahrar was completely uncompromising. As already submitted whatever weapons they wielded against their opponents bore a religious label. 11. Inspite of the activities of the Ahrar the bold stand taken by the All India Muslim League and the world forces helped in the establishment of Pakistan. Muslim India for the first time in its history made a practical demonstration of the fact that they could sink their internal differences in a common cause. A commission called the Boundary Commission was set up to assess the claims of the two parties viz. , The All India National Congress and the 12 Inqilab, 4. 9. 46. 13 Life of Mr. Jinnah by B. A. Jefri, p. 91. 14 Khutabat Ahrar, P. 83.