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Show 19 On the 14th of Electoral College of Pakistan elected, Marshal Mohammad term. February 1960 the Basic Democrats voting at the or rather confirmed, Field Ayub Khan president of Pakistan for a five-year He was re-elected for another defeated the Quaid-i-Azam's sister, fiv-year term in 1965, having Miss Jinnah. On April 28, 1962 the Basic Democrats elected the members of the National on May 16, 1962 they chose the One factor which has had Basic Democracies Plan was Assembly, and membe of the provincial assemblies. an important and positive effect the introduction on he during the Second Five-Year (July I, 1960 to June 30e 1965) of a self-help program entitled The Rural Works Program. Project was started under the aU;!'pices of the Pakistan Academy for Rural Development, Comilla L East Pakistan_7 to explore the administrative and planning capability of the local people and the Civil Administrators and also to develop the techniques for planning and execution of such a program. The Pilot Project showed encouraging results and it was proved that the local people were capable of planning and executing development work through the exi sting Institution A Pilot The Works Programme was thus taken up of Basic Democracies. first in East Pakistan during 1962/63 and xtended to the whole of Pakistan from the following . year.J? The Government of Pakistan and the United States Government agreed that the financial requirements of this program for the Second Five Year Plan Period would be met States Public Law 480 by rupees generated from the United (PL 480) sales of surplus agricultural products. Under this agreement the United States 64 provided as rupee grants some crore38 ($134.4 million) for fiscal years 1963. 1964 and 1965.39 The largest proportion of the funds have been used for the construction of first and second class (pucca and kutcha) roads. |
