Many nationalist leaders and activists of the Muslim League were dismayed with the suspension of the constitutionally obliged NFC Program. Despite many initiatives and holding off the NFC Award Program, Suhrawardy's political position and image deteriorated in the four provinces in West Pakistan. In the financial cities of West Pakistan, such as Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, and Peshawar, there were series of major labour strikes against the economic policies of Suhrawardy supported by the elite business community and the private sector.Furthermore, in order to divert attention from the controversial One Unit Program, Prime Minister Suhrawardy tried to end the crises by calling a small group of investors to set up small business in the country. The business community in Karachi began its political struggle to undermine any attempts of financial distribution of the US$10 million ICA aid to the better part of the East Pakistan and to set up a consolidated national shipping corporation. In this view, the East Pakistan's economy was quickly centralized and all major economic planning shifted to West Pakistan.Efforts leading to centralizing the economy was met with great resistance in West Pakistan when the elite monopolist and the business community angrily refused to oblige to his policies. Suhrawardy advocated for the USSR-based Five-Year Plans to centralize the national economy. The tug of war with the Muslim League to establish the appropriate electorate caused problems for his government.The constitutionally obliged National Finance Commission Program (NFC Program) was immediately suspended by Prime Minister Suhrawardy despite the reserves of the four provinces of the West Pakistan in 1956. In contrast to West Pakistan, the joint electorate was highly popular in East Pakistan. The Muslim League had taken the cause to the public and began calling for implementation of separate electorate system. There was a strong opposition and resentment to the joint electorate system in West Pakistan.
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