Communists and Demand for Pakistan THIS refers to the letter of Ajit Roy on 'Communists and Demand for Pakistan' (June 22). Roy's main contention is that "[Communists] never supported Pakistan but only the demand for the right of self- determination of 'the various nationalities, such as Pathans, western Punjabis (dominantly Muslim), Sikhs, Sindhis, Hindustanis, Rajasthanis, Gujaratis, Bengalis, Assamese, Beharis, Oriyas, An- dhras, Tamils, Karnatakas, Keralas, etc' so that 'free India of tomorrow would be a federation or union of autonomous states'." But from when did western Punjabis become a separate nationality? Just because they were Muslims? Jinnah's point was exactly that