 Along with Liaquat and Abdur Rab <unk> , Jinnah represented Pakistan 's interests in the Division Council to appropriately divide public assets between India and Pakistan . Pakistan was supposed to receive one @-@ sixth of the pre @-@ independence government 's assets , carefully divided by agreement , even specifying how many sheets of paper each side would receive . The new Indian state , however , was slow to deliver , hoping for the collapse of the nascent Pakistani government , and reunion . Few members of the Indian Civil Service and the Indian Police Service had chosen Pakistan , resulting in staff shortages . Crop growers found their markets on the other side of an international border . There were shortages of machinery , not all of which was made in Pakistan . In addition to the massive refugee problem , the new government sought to save abandoned crops , establish security in a chaotic situation , and provide basic services . According to economist Yasmeen Niaz Mohiuddin in her study of Pakistan , " although Pakistan was born in bloodshed and turmoil , it survived in the initial and difficult months after partition only because of the tremendous sacrifices made by its people and the selfless efforts of its great leader . " 
