Formation of the Direct Action Committee, composed of eight parties of the Right and Center under Nasrullah Khan. It demanded release of political prisoners and a return to parliamentary government.
RESIGNATION OF PRES. AYUB KHAN. He was succeeded by Gen. Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan. Martial law was proclaimed as a result of student and worker unrest.
The new president announced constitutional reforms designed to assuage unrest in Bengal. West Pakistan was to be divided into provinces (thus loosening its impact vis-à-vis the East wing and providing more recognition and room for regional groups to achieve self-regulation in Sind and other western provinces). Maximum autonomy was to be given local government in both parts of the state.
