" The Status of Independent States "
At the time of independence, there were 562 states, of which 14 shared border with Pakistan. As per Indian Independence Act (section 7) the British hold on all such states ceased with effect from 14 august 1947 and were allowed to join either of the two newly independent countries. Of the 14 states, 11 decided to join Pakistan. However the State of Junagadh was forcibly occupied by India on 8 November 1947. The people of Baltistan, who were majority Muslims, did not want to be under the Hindu Dogra rule and announced war of independence and by 14 August 1948, the are was free from Dogra rule after fierce clashes with Indian and Dogra army.
Kashmir was a Muslim majority state though under a Sikh ruler who had bought the state from the British. However its fate changed with the announcement of Radcliff Award, which accorded areas , specially of Muslim majority Gurdaspur to India - the only land route available to India with Kashmir. This clearly showed the mal intentions hidden in the Award and soon after the independence, Pakistan and the Muslims of Kashmir raised concern over this. From here on the struggle for Kashmir starts, and a bitter chapter opened in the relations of India and Pakistan, which despite three wars has not been able to be closed.
The First Cabinet:
The first cabinet of Pakistan, was sworn in on 15th August, which included: Liaquat Ali Khan (Prime Minister, also in charge of two ministries: Foreign Affairs & Commonwealth Relations, and Defense); I. I. Chundrigar (Commerce, Industries, and Works); Ghulam Mohammad (Finance); Abdur Rab Nishtar (Communications); Ghazanfar Ali Khan (Food, Agriculture, and Health); Jogendra Nath Mandal (Law and Labour); Fazlur Rahman (Interior, Information, and Education). Quaid-e-Azam also requested many competent British technocrats to stay: 3 out of the 4 governors were British - Sir Frederick Bourne (Governor, East Bengal), Sir Francis Mudie (Governor, West Punjab), and Sir George Cunningham (Governor, N.W.F.P.). Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah (Governor, Sindh) was the only native governor, while Balochistan did not have a governor as it was a Governor-General's province. All chiefs of the armed forces were British too: General Sir Frank Messervey (Royal Pakistan Army), Air Vice-Marshal Perry-Keane (Royal Pakistan Air Force), and Admiral Jefford (Royal Pakistan Navy). The financial advisor to the Governor-General, Sir Archibald Rowland, was also a British.