A crimson carpet spilled down the steps of the yellow sandstone Sind Provincial Legislative Assembly Building in Karachi. A turbaned, barefoot Moslem carefully dusted it off, pressed it with an enormous flatiron. All was now ready for the Pooh-Bah of Pakistan, in whose austere person are combined the offices of Governor General, President of the Constituent Assembly and President of the Moslem League. With proper crustiness, Mohamed Ali Jinnah strode up the steps with his sister Fatima. He was wearing a white achkan (long coat), grey fur "Jinnah cap" and a monocle....
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