The Daily
Morning News
10 MARCH 1971
News headlines and details from the Daily Morning News.
News Headlines:
- EPSL changes nomenclature.
- Press workers pledge solidarity with movement.
- Requests to rebroadcast Mujib's speech.
- Azam demands early transfer of power, lifting of ML.
- Muhmud Ali urges Yahya to sit with Mujib.
- Workers urged to follow AL dirrectives.
- Artists call on officials.
- Call for united action.
- Mujib-
Bhashani telephone- talk. - Wali Khan hails Bhutto's decision.
- More foreigners leave Dacca.
- Widespread response to non-
cooperation call . - No tele link with W. Wing.
- Asghar Khan leaves today for Karachi.
- Tikka Khan made MLA (Martial Law).
- Yahya to visit East Wing soon.
- Bhashani supports Mujib's struggle for emancipation.
- Full support to Mujib's programme.
Other Headlines:
- Six killed in Rajshahi by firing.
- Curfew reimposed in Rajshahi.
- Withdrawal of curfew in Rajshahi urged : Kamruzzaman.
- Dacca Radio to b'cast overseas news bulletin.
- Conditions (about politics).
- East Pak. Student L. changes nomenclature.
An emergent meeting of the Central Committee of the East Pakistan Students League held at Sgt. Zahurul Haq Hall (Iqbal Hall) canteen on Tuesday decided to drop "East Pakistan" from the name of the organisation.
The organisation till the next council meeting will be known as students league. The meeting also endorsed the decision of the Swadhin Bangla Desh Chattra Sangram Parishad of March 2.
The meeting called upon Mujib to form a national government for Bangladesh. The meeting also empowered the Swadhin Bangladesh Chattra Sangram Parishad "to carry on with the movement of Swadhin Bangla Desh" The Swadhin Bangla Desh Chattra Sangram Parishad Comprises messrs Nure Alam Siddiky, Shahjahan Siraj, A.S.M. Abdur Rab and Abdul Kuddus Makhan.
(Staff Rep.)
A meeting of the Purba Pakistan Newspaper Press-
The meeting presided over by Mr. Babar Ali, vice-
It decided to realise the participation of the Bengalees at any cost and, in a resolution,
urged the newspaper-
(Staff Rep.)
A large number of telegrams and telephone calls are being received everyday at the
Awami League head office in Dacca from different districts of the province to re-
According to a press release of the Awami League issued last night. The Radio and TV authorities were requested to rebroadcast and retelecast the Race Course address in scheduled programme on popular demand.
(Staff Rep.)
Prof. Ghulam Azam, yesterday demanded immediate lifting of martial law and transfer of power to the elected representatives of the people.
In a statement issued in Dacca the Jammat leader said that any delay in withdrawing martial law and transferring power would be suicidal for the country.
(Staff Rep.)
Mr. Mahmud Ali, vice-
Mr. Mahmud Ali regretting the killing of the people in the current upsurge suggested that a height powered Judicial inquiry body under the chairmanship of a High Count Judge be set up to enquire into excesses done and punish those responsible for it.
(ENA)
Mr. Rashid Ahmed Chowdhury, president, EPWAPDA Workers' Federation, Abdus Salam Khan, President of EPWAPDA Employees Union and other leaders of WAPDA workers all over the province have congratulated the workers for their active participation in the present mass movement for achieving right of the people of Bengal, reports ENA.
A delegation of the Bikhubdhu Shilpi Samity met the joint secretary of ministry of information posted in Dacca on Tuesday.
The members of the delegation discussed with him the preconditions laid down by artistes for participation in radio and television programmes.
The joint secretary, according to press release issued by Mrs. Laila Arjumand Banu, has assured the artistes that efforts will be made to fulfill the preconditions.
The deputationists later met the radio and television authorities .
(PPI)
Mr. Azizul Islam, convener of Bangla Mukti Jubo Shankti, an all party revolutionary
body of students and youth has called upon Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib to take step
to unite all the political parties of Bangladesh to form an all-
In a statement here yesterday he expressed his deep sense of regret at the lack of
co-
(APP)
Dacca Betar Kendra has introduced an overseas bulletin from yesterday; it was announced here, reports APP.
The bulletin broadcasts in English can be heard at 8-
Dacca Betar Kendra has changed the timing of its local news bulletin in the morning from today, reports PPI.
According to an announcement, the five minute Bengali bulletin will be on the air
at 8-
(APP)
Sheikh Mujib had telephonic talks with Bhashani yesterday, according to Awami League sources, reports APP.
A NAP source told APP that the talks between the two leaders took place immediately after Bhasani's arrival here from Santosh to address a public meeting at Paltan maidan. Two other Awami League leaders and 9 NAP leaders had a separate meeting which lasted for over two and a half hours, the NAP source said.
(APP)
Karachi, March 9 (APP) : Khan Abdul Wali Khan, chief of the National Awami party
(Reguisitionists) said here to-
Wali, who returns here today from London often about a three week stay there for his eye treatment, was talking to newsmen at the Cantonment Railway Station before leaving for Peshawar.
He hailed Mr. Bhutto's decision to attend the ensuing session of the NA and said that the PPP had endorsed the NAP's stand that the assembly was proper forum to discuss the constitutional matters if you don't go to the N.A. you are indirect supporting those which want to abstract the transfer of power to the people's elected representtatives, he added.
Mr. Wali Khan was given a warm send off at the station by his party workers.
(Staff Rep.)
United Nations, March 9 (Reuter) Secretary General U.Thant yesterday authorise the United Nations Deputy Resident Representative in Dacca to evacuate U. N. staff and their dependents in East Pakistan, if necessary.
In a telegram to Here chart Fritz Wolft. a West German national U.Thant left it to him to take the final decision, a U.N. Spokesman here said.W
Herr wolff is the senior official in East Pakistan of the UN development programme, which has a number of technical assistance experts on duty there. The U.N. resident representative for Pakistan is based in Karachi.
Japanese
Reuter reports from Tokyo : The Japanese foreign ministry today decided to fly a special chartered airliner to evacuate about 150 Japanese from Dacca.
West Germans
A report from Bonn says, West Germany's Air Force is evacuating the country's nationals from troubled East Pakistan to Bangkok, the foreign office said in Bonn yesterday.
One plane with 117 passengers flew to Thailand yesterday and was returning to Pakistan to pick up a second group scheduled to fly out to Bangkok, the to foreign office spokesman said.
Whether the West German wish to return to their country will be ascertained in Bangkok but no definite plans have been decided yet, the spokesman said.
An Air Force spokesman in cologne said he believed the evacuated group would eventually be back to the Cologne Military airport. But he had been given no date yet for the operation.
The foreign office denied an earlier report from Dacca that the West Germans were being flown to Cologne today on a chartered plane of the Lufthansa airline. Lufthansa in Cologne also denied any of its planes were being used for evacuation.
Dacca ENA adds : A VC-
Mr. Reza Hussain, District Sales Manager of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) in Bangladesh clarifying the exact position said that the aircraft cratered by the British Govt. in London and was sent to Dacca to take the British national are siding in East Pakistan.
He made it clear that the local BOAC has nothing to do with the operation of this
VC-
(Staff Rep.)
In response to a call of non-
Of the autonomous corporations, EPWAPDA was allowed to maintain the power supply and EPADC was permitted to sell fertilizer and diesel for power pumps. The other sections of these corporations did not work.
There was not a single goal inside the secretariat yesterday. The otherwise busy
autonomous corporations which hum with activities were deserted yesterday. Scheduled
banks and also the State Bank transacted business from 9 a.m. to 12-
No courts including the High Court sat on Tuesday.
The two posh hotels in the city did not charge taxes from the customers.
The united and awakened people of Bangladesh followed the directives of the Awami League chief to protest against the killing of unarmed civilians all over the province and to demand immediate transfer of power to the elected representatives of the people.
Black flags continued to fly atop all public, private and residential buildings and on all moving vehicles as a mark of protest against the killing and mourn the deaths.
All communication system including road, railway and river-
The Postal and Telephone and Telegraph Departments within Bangla Desh resumed functioning from yesterday in accordance with the directives of the Banga Bandhu.
(PPI)
Bangladesh remained completely cut off from West Pakistan yesterday due to what was
alleged non-
Although the local telegram office booked all press telegrams following the directive of Mujib, these could not be transmitted to the western wing because of what was said the closing down of transmission channel in West Pakistan. Consequently, all press telegrams for West Pakistan are heaped up in the local office and vice versa.
The news agencies operating here were totally ineffective, in so far as entire wing transmission of news by telegram over radio (TOR) was covered.
None could say when things would improve.
(PPI)
Asghar Khan has postponed his departure for Karachi by one day in view of certain important development in East Pakistan, reports PPI.
The Air Marshal who was to leave for Karachi yesterday will now leave Dacca on March 10 reaching Karachi in the afternoon.
(Martial Law) [PPI]
Rawalpindi, March 9 (PPI), According to Martial Law Regulation No. 75 released by headquarters of chief Martial Law Administrator here today, Lt. General Tikka Khan, S.P. has been appointed Administrator, Marshal Law, Zone 'B' with effect from March 7, 1971.
Following is the text of Martial Law Regulation No. 75.
In Martial law Regulation No. 1 is reconstituted by Martial Law Regulation No. 64,
and as amended from time to time, in paragraph (1), in sub-
(APP)
Rawalpindi, March 9 (AP): The president, General F.M. Yahya Khan, will be visiting East Pakistan shortly. It was officially announced today.
(Staff Rep.)
East Pakistan National Awami Party chief Maulana A.H. K. Bhashani, yesterday lent his full support to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in his struggle for emancipation and freedom in East Bengal.
Addressing a huge Paltan meeting Maulana Saheb declared, I am with him in his struggle for the oppressed million Bengalees.
Bhashani asked the people to have faith in Mujib and added if the administration did not concede the demand for the emancipation and freedom by March 25. "Mujib and I will launch a joint movement as we did in 1952 on language issue."
Bhashani was bitterly critical of the postponement of the National Assembly, simply because a minority party had demanded such an action.
He maintained that the way the National Assembly session had been deferred was against all cannons and principles of democracy. The action had no parallel in the history of the democratic countries.
LFO criticised
Maulana Saheb was also critical of the legal framework order which he said it was a negation of democracy." A dictatorship is better than a controlled democracy", he said.
Citing the example of other countries Maulana asked, "Which country had a legal framework order under which the entire work of the legislators could be annulled by a stroke of the pen." Even under the Act of 1935 the Governor General had defined powers in respect of veto.
Only terms
Maulana Saheb said no agreements could solve the present impasse in the country. He recalled how the Siman Commission report, the round table conference and even the 1935 Act failed to prevent the ultimate division of India. He said that neither he nor Sheikh Mujib will be allowed by the people to come to terms with the establishment except on the basis of emancipation of the seven crore Bengalees.
(Staff Reporter)
A number of students and trade union leaders in separate statements issued in Dacca yesterday lent their support to the programmes announced by Mujib, at his Race Course address in which the Mujib has described the present movement as the struggle for emancipation and freedom.
The Central Executive Committee of East Pakistan Students Union (Matia Group) in a statement deplored the recent radio broadcast by the president of Pakistan in which he held the people of the province as well as its leadership responsible for the disturbances and firing.
The statement maintained that Mujib's Race Course announcement for struggle for emancipation and freedom "was just and correct in view of the indifferent attitudes of the administration regarding the legitimate demands of the province."
The EPSU, EPWAPDA support to Mujib's programme also.
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