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69 ing to you, be possible for a non-Muslim to be the head of the State? A. It is for the majority of the legislature to determine whether the head of the State should be a Muslim or a non-Muslim. Q. Have you been preaching to the members of your Juma’at that they should have a mu’ashira different from the other Muslims? A. No. Q. Did you advise the members of your Juma’at to take hold of public offices in Pakistan? A. No. Q. Is the position of Rabwah singularly strategic? A. Yes, it would be a strategic point in the hands of the Pakistan Government. Q. Did you state in a press conference in Rabwah, as reported in the “Alfazl” of the 9th November 1948, at page 2, as follows:- ی ف � ت ی ب وکیئ اجذ� � ی م� ِس وایعق یگنہم ےہ. اَور ا ی وموجدہ وصرت م ف ی “وگ � ی زم ی دبت� ی ادنار رہش یک وصرت م ش � ت ی اہن� ی اہلل اعتل ٰ ےک لضف ےس مہ اِےس ا� ف ی ےہل 16 اقمم وہاگ. ” ف ی ر� ت وفحمظ � ی ی. وج دافیع احلظ ےس �پااتسکن م ہ ہ�یہ رک ےکچ � رکےن اک �ت A. I cannot now recollect after five years what were the exact words said by me at a press conference. To Court:- Q. Do you think Rabwah is a strategic place? A. Both the railway and the motor road pass through the town of Rabwah. It could not, therefore, be regarded as a place of strategic importance as against the Pakistan Government. From the point of view of other people, however, it is of strategic importance to us, as the town could not be attacked from the side of Chiniot, which is on the other side of the Chenab river.