Editing Pakistan Movement (section)

=== Rohingya Muslims ===
During the Pakistan Movement in the 1940s, [[Rohingya people|Rohingya Muslims]] in western Burma had an ambition to [[Rohingya insurgency in Western Burma|annex and merge]] their region into [[East Pakistan|East-Pakistan]].<ref name="yegar-1">{{cite book|last=Yegar|first=Moshe|title=Muslims of Burma|year=1972|publisher=Verlag Otto Harrassowitz|location=Wiesbaden|page=96}}</ref> Before the [[Burma Campaign|independence]] of Burma in January 1948, Muslim leaders from Arakan addressed themselves to Jinnah, the [[founder of Pakistan]], and asked his assistance in annexing of the Mayu region to Pakistan which was about to be formed.<ref name="yegar-1"/> Two months later, the North Arakan Muslim League was founded in [[Akyab]] (modern: [[Sittwe]], capital of Arakan State), it, too demanding annexation to Pakistan.<ref name="yegar-1"/> However, it is noted that the proposal never materialised after it was reportedly turned down by Jinnah.<ref name="yegar-1"/>