Soon the Pemba Shirazis joined the ASU resulting in the formation of the Afro Shirazi Party (ASP). The Umma Party used these platforms to mobilise the people and campaign against the new proposed laws. On January 1964, the Umma Party was banned and all its assets seized. Amid all these cloak and dagger politics, the new Government under the leadership of the Umma Party brought several progressive changes to the People’s Republic. He started to consolidate his power within the cabinet and government and formed a ‘Committee of Fourteen’ to undermine the power of the Umma Party.

Source: The Star August 05, 2020 07:07 UTC