Letters: A lesson from Bangladesh

East Pakistan (EP)'s population was always more than that of West Pakistan (WP)

This is with reference to “A tale of two countries” (April 22), which has brought out how Pakistan, which at one time was economically best off among the three countries of our sub-continent, is drifting towards the third rank and how Bangladesh the poorest of the three, is gradually moving up to the second position. The article at one point refers to Pakistan’s “slightly larger population” than that of Bangladesh. This feature, it would be interesting to recall, has emerged only after the break-up between the two countries. East Pakistan (EP)’s population was always more than that of West Pakistan