allowing entry on the introduction of the passport system. From 15 October to the end of October, 1,247 went by this route. From 1 November, 1,203 went via Khokhropar.Indian Muslim migration to West Pakistan continued unabated despite the cessation of the permit system between the two countries and the introduction of the passport system between them. Third stage (1973-1990s) The third stage, which lasted between 1973 and the 1990s, was when migration levels of Indian Muslims to Pakistan was reduced to its lowest levels since 1947. Indian Muslim migration to Pakistan had declined drastically by the 1970s, a trend noticed by the Pakistani authorities. In June 1995, Pakistan's interior minister, Naseerullah Babar, informed the National Assembly that between the period of 1973–1994, as many as 800,000 visitors came from India on valid travel documents, of which only 3,393 stayed. In a related trend, intermarriages between Indian and Pakistani Muslims have declined sharply. According to a November 1995 statement of Riaz Khokhar, the Pakistani High Commissioner in New Delhi, the number of cross-border marriages has declined from 40,000 a year in the 1950s and 1960s to barely 300 annually. Politics The Muhajirs dominated Pakistani politics from Partition till the era of Ayub Khan, but despite their fall from national politics muhajirs maintain a strong hold over the politics of Urban Sindh. They have started many socio-political groups in Pakistan such as the Pakistan Muslim League under Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Muttahida Qaumi Movement under Altaf Hussain in 1984, the All Pakistan Muslim League under Pervez Musharraf, and Jamaat e Islami under Abul A'la Maududi. Pre-independence era Most of the Muhajirs supported All-India Muslim League, and provided most of its top leadership such as Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Liaquat Ali Khan and Fatima Jinnah. The pan-Islamist Khilafat Movement also had considerable amount of support among the muhajirs and received most of its financial support from that community such as, during the last period of the Ottoman Empire, the empire was indebted and the community provided significant financial support to preserve the empire. The members of Khilafat Movement who are now Muhajirs and West Punjabis granted the money to preserve the Ottoman Empire but were unable to prevent its decline; it was one of the biggest political eminences in pre-Muhajir history. 1947–1958 The Muhajirs of Pakistan were largely settled in Sindh province, particularly in the province's capital, Karachi, where the Muhajirs were in a majority.