The Daily
Morning News
Some Important Entries
21 MAY 1971
News headlines and details from the Daily Morning News.
News Headlines:
- Universities and colleges in E. Pakistan reopen on Aug. 2.
- Tikka calls for utmost Economy: Development programme for 1971-
72 discussed. - Indian press criticised.
- AL obtained votes on promising stronger Pakistan : Commentary.
Other Headlines:
- SSC & HSC exam. dates.
- Demand for transfer of power ridiculous, says Mufti Mahmood.
- ADBP will meet genuine needs of E. Wing, says Qarni.
- People urged to foil dangers posed by AL, Indian collaborators.
Teachers of all the Government educational institutions in the province will report for duty on June 1 while the classes will be started from August 2. It was officially announced in Dacca yesterday afternoon, reports PPI.
The announcement further said that the teachers of all non-
A press note issued in Dacca yesterday said: it has been decided to reopen all colleges including polytechnics and other technical institutes, medical colleges, engineering colleges and all universities in the province in accordance with the time schedule noted below:
(a) All government colleges, including polytechnics and other technical institutes, medical colleges, engineering colleges and all universities, including East Pakistan Agricultural University, Mymensingh and East Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology, Dacca.
(1) Teachers to report for duty on 1st June 1971.
(2) Classes to be held from 2nd August, 1971.
(b) Non-
(1) Teachers to report for duty on 1st July 1971.
(2) Classes to be held from 2nd August 1971.
Necessary preparations and arrangements for holding the classes from the scheduled dates shall be made by the teachers during the period from the date of their resumption of duty to the date fixed for the commencement of the classes.
Failure to resume duties on the date fixed shall render the teacher concerned liable to termination of his service
Lt. General Tikka Khan reviewed the implementation of the development programme 1970-
He assured full support to the executing agencies to get development schemes moving ahead.
Current year's development budget was composed of Rs. 308 crores (Rs. 243 crores in local currency and Rs. 65 in foreign aid). Due to various factors including finalisation of credit agreement, it would be possible to utilize Rs. 30 crores of project aid only. After careful scrutiny of projects and assessment of the feasibility of the executing agencies to effectively utilize funds during the remaining weeks of the current financial year, it was decided that net size of the current year's development programme should be Rs. 245 crores (Rs. 215 crores in local currency and Rs. 30 crores in foreign aid).
The Development Programme for 1971-
Islamabad, May 20 (APP): Three letters appearing in the leading Indian daily, Hindustan Times have strongly criticised the Indian press for its coverage of political developments in East Pakistan.
Describing the Indian press reports as baseless, imaginary, fabricated and sensational, the authors of these letters said that by such coverage the Indian press had done no good to anybody except for bringing itself in low estimation of the people, at home and abroad.
The letters followed the paper's editorial of May 2 in which it condemned the Indian press for putting out unconfirmed and baseless reports about the situation in East Pakistan.
One of the correspondents Mr. G.S. Ahluwalia, of New Delhi, said that the Indian press through its highly emotional, biased and onesided reports has tarnished its own image beyond repair. Mr. Temsir Ali Shah of Meerut cantonment, another correspondent, said that its hollow claims of objectivity had been fully exposed.
It had now been established beyond any doubt that most of the reports published in Indian newspapers were either imaginary or fabricated, Mr. Shah added.
He regretted that even the political leaders of India were carried away by the hysteria generated by the press; and asked the leaders and the press, what would be their reaction if an Indian state hoists the banner of revolt and claims secession on the ground of a different culture, language or religious ideology.
Any such move would be declared as treason, Mr. Shah said.
Mr Jeseph Verchese of New Delhi in his letter, said that Indian newspapers were varying with each other in giving sensational stories, evidently in an attempt to boost their sales.
By doing so, he said, they were undoubtedly exhibiting an excellent business sense but hardly any signs of good journalism.
He said that in their bid to undo each other, the Indian papers were publishing not only unconfirmed stories under screaming banner headlines, but were also giving prominent coverage to the statements of foreign observers.
This, he said, was most misleading because the vast majority of people in the countries to which the same persons belonged held views to the contrary and the governments of these states had shown no inclination to fail in line with the valuable few whose stirring tales are given headline importance day after day in the Indian newspapers.
Karachi, May 20 (APP): Radio Pakistan in a news commentary yesterday said that the defunct AL obtained the votes of people on promising a better and stronger Pakistan and not the break up of Pakistan.
Quoting extracts from the speeches of statements of Sheikh Mujib, the commentator exposed how the defunct AL and its leaders deceived the people by harbouring dangerous designs against the integrity of Pakistan.
It said: for instance, let us take his radio and television address to the nation on October 28,1970. He stated his programme in these words:
"The AL's six-
And this is what Sheikh Mujib said about Kashmir and the Farakka barrage. We have emphasised the importance of just settlement of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN resolutions. The threat of grave and permanent damage to the economy of East Pakistan posed by the completion of Farakka, must be immediately met.
For instance, Sheikh Mujib told a public meeting at Narayanganj on September 20,1970
that the six-
On October 25, 1970 he repeated this at Saidpur in Rangpur district saying that the
six-
At Naogaon in Rajsahi on October formula alone could ensure a stronger Pakistan as it would satisfy all its regions.
Two of his most interesting and significant speeches on this theme were delivered at Debidwar in Comilla and in Dacca.
At Comilla on November 10, 1970, Mujib said he and his party stood for the unity of the people of East and West Pakistan to fight against those exploiters who were trying to create disunity among the people of the wings.
And in Dacca on October 30, 1970 he criticised those who were raising what he called the bogey of Islam and national solidarity. He wondered why East Pakistan having a majority of the country's population want to secede.
We have quoted these extracts from the speeches of the AL leader to show that votes were canvassed and obtained by the defunct AL not in the name of secession but by denouncing secession not for breaking up Pakistan but for a stronger and for inviting Indian hegemony over East Pakistan but for consolidating the forces of Islam.
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