The Daily
Morning News
13 AUGUST 1971
News headlines and details from the Daily Morning News.
News Headlines:
- Indian DHC officials fly to Delhi.
- Thant appeals for money promised for E.Pak relief.
- 25 Indian agents killed.
- Washington tells Delhi attack against Pakistan will be very costly.
- Mujib's trail: No violation of human rights, says Ch. Nazir.
- Ghulam Azam shocked at Madanis murder.
Other Headlines:
- White paper on East Pakistan.
All the officials of the defunct Indian Deputy High Commission in Dacca flew to New Delhi yesterday morning in two planes, Swiss and Russian, reports APP.
The diplomats from the Pakistani Deputy High Commission also left Calcutta for Islamabad in an Iranian aircraft.
The exchange of the officials of the respective missions in Dacca and Calcutta took place, under an agreement reached between Pakistan and India following mediation by Swiss diplomats, after failure of several rounds of direct talks.
Pakistan closed its mission in Calcutta in April last and at the same time asked
India to-
A New Delhi message adds: The staff of the now closed Indian Deputy High Commission in Dacca and their families arrived here today.
United Nations, Aug. 12 (AFP): UN Secretary General U Thant yesterday again appealed for money promised for the relief of East Pakistan.
Of the 28,000,000 dollars necessary to meet the initial needs of programme only the United States and Britain have so for paid in cash.
The statement underlined the fact that cash was urgently needed to meet administrative costs and to finance urgent relief projects already undertaken.
All 38 international staff in phase one of the operation, which includes an advisory
unit of economic sub-
Khulna, Aug. 12 (APP): Twenty fine Indian agents were killed by the Razakars of Terokhada police station in an incident on August 4 last.
A gang of Indian agents opened fire on a Razakar camp, The Razakars returned the fire and chased the Indian agents. The Indian agents fled away leaving behind the dead and a large quantity of arms and ammunition including rifles.
A report from Sylhet says the Razakars with the co-
He was equipped with hand grenades for destruction of life and property in East Pakistan.
Islamabad, Aug 12 (APP): The United States has made it clear to India any attack against Pakistan will be a very costly affair for her.
According to a report in the Times of India of August 2 there is considerable resentment in the higher echelons of American officialdom that India does not accept United Nations observers with its borders.
The issue was discussed at president Nixon's National security Council meeting on July 31 at which, according to the report, the point is understood to have been made that if by any chance India is moved to attack East Pakistan, Delhi will have to be made to pay very dearly for it.
Rawalpidi, Aug. 12 (APP): Ch Nazir Ahmed Khan, chairman of the Human Rights committee of the World Peace through law organization, today said the trial of an alleged criminal in accordance with the process of law cannot be described a violation of any known human rights by any stretch of imagination.
The former attorney General was commenting on the Indian leader Jaiprokash Narayan's reported telegram to UN Secretary General, U Thant, seeking his intervention in the trial of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
In a statement Ch. Nazir Ahmed said if an accused was given time to prepare to put up his defence witnesses and to have a counsel of his own choice, then no human right of the person was violated.
He depreciated Indian efforts at confusing a legal issue. Every sovereign state, he said had a legal right to try a person accused of high treason and if it was done according to the rule of law, nobody had a right to interfere.
People belonging to shades of public opinion have expressed their profound shock
at the gruesome murder of Maulana Syed Mahmud Mustafa Al-
Prof. Ghulam Azam, Amir, East Pakistan Jammat-
The Chief of the East Pakistan Jammate Islami said the best way to pay tributes to the late lamented Maulana Shahib was to find out the miscreants and enemies from their hideouts in every village and save the country from their clutches.
Paying homage to the memory of Maulana Al-
Prof. Ghulam Azam also asked the Government to adopt all possible measures to root
out the evil doers and appealed to the people to be on their guard against the miscreants
so that such tragedy might not be re-
He invoked the blessing of Almighty Allah to give courage to the members of the bereaved family with fortitude.
Moulana Ashraf Ali
Moulana Ashraf Ali General Secretary, East Pakistan Nizam-
In a statement issued here yesterday Moulana Ashraf Ali said, "Maulana Madani devoted his valuable life to the cause of Islam, Muslims and Pakistan. he was a true mujahid of Islam and the Almighty Allah accepted his prayers for Shahadat in the way of the Almighty Allah. His devotion therefore will certainly inspire all those who are fighting for the cause of Islam and Muslims."
Expressing wholehearted respect to the sacred soul of the martyr Moulana Syed Mahmud
Mustafa Al-
Mohammad Abdullah
Mohammad Adullah, convener of the East Pakistan Furkania Madrassa Teachers Union
in a message condoled the death of Moulana Al-
He said that the death of this saint at the hands of miscreants was an irreparable loss to the Muslim world. He said the cause for which he died would not go in vain.
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