"Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar was reported to have said that Pakistan could only be achieved by shedding blood and, if opportunity arose, the blood of non-Muslims must be shed, for “ Muslims are no believers in ahimsa'"
— Abdur Rab Nishtar

January 1, 1970

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Khosla GD (1989) Stern Reckoning: A Survey of Events Leading Up To and Following the Partition of India, Oxford University Press, Delhi, also quoted in M.A. Khan Islamic Jihad: A legacy of forced conversion, imperialism and slavery (2011)