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News Headlines:
- More Australian aid for relief of Cholera in India
- Britain offers to supply free vaccine
- Peace Committee in sub-
divisional, dist. towns formed - India criticised for preventing return of E. Wing people.
- US allocates 15m Dollars more for refugees.
- Trial of Tajuddin, others on main charges later.
- Prince Sadruddin arrives in city .
- Sizable Quantity of arms recovered in Rajshahi.
- Toyed Hossain severs connection with outlawed AL.
- More Pakistanis return from India.
- Refugees die of Cholera.
- Cholera epidemic checked, says Ajoy Mukherjee.
Other Headlines:
- Feroze's mercy petition rejected .
- Shamsul Haq condemns Indian imperialists and agent.-
provocateurs. - Sardar Qayyum felicitates people of E.Wing.
- Plea for Joint efforts to arouse spirit of Muslim nationalism.
- Nation appreciates demonetisation step.
- Surrender of notes.
- SBP Board of Directors meets.
- SBP contradiction.
- Administrative machinery in W. Bengal almost broken down.
- Pak-
USSR ties will continue to grow, hopes Degtyar. - 'Every Pakistani resolute to defend his beloved soil'.
Canbera, June 9 (APP/Reuter):
Australia is to give an extra 500,000 dollars for the relief of cholera in India.
Prime Minister William Me Mahon announced last night that this was in addition to the half million dollars which had already been promised by the Government.
Mr. McMahon did not say whether the aid would be a cash gift or in the form of aid and equipment.
Mr. A.N.M. Yousuf, General Secretary, East Pakistan provincial Muslim League visited Pabna, Shahjadpur, Ullapara, Bogra, Jaipurhat, Khettlal, Shibganj, Rangpur, Gaibandha, Serajgonj, Belkuchi, Rajsai, Chapai Nawabganj, Natore, Bharamara, Mirpur, Jhenaidah, Jessore; Khulna; Magura and Faridpur. The following are among the peace committees which are working hard to maintain peace and order in their respective areas to bring normalcy and also to weed out the miscreants from the society.
- Pabna District peace committee's Capt. S.A.M. Zaidi(Convention), Chairman
- Shahjadpur Than Peace Committee: Maulan Saifuddin Dhya (Convention): Convener.
- Ullapara Thana Peace Committee: Ahmed Husain (Jamaat): Convener Habibur Rahman Khan (Convention), Secretary.
- Kamarkhand Thana Peace Committee: Tajmtil Hossain Khan (Convention); Convener.
- Serajgoj Sub-
division Peace Committee: Moulana Asadullah Serajgee (Convention): Chairman Gholam Azam (QML), Secretary. - Tuffazzal Hossain Mukhtar (Convention); Convener.
- Belkhuchi Thana Peace Committee: M.A. Jalil (Convention); Convener.
- Bogra District peace committee: Dr. Habibur Rahman Khan (Convention); convener.
- Jaipurhat Sub-
division peace committee: Moulana M.A. Aziz (Jamaat) Convener. - Rangpur Dist Peace Committee: Md. Amin (QML): Convener.
- Rangpur Sadar Thana Peace Committee: Mr. Akmal Hossain (Convention);
- Convener.
- Bharamara Thana Peace Committee: Moulana A. Hossain (Jamaat); Chairman Abdul Mannan (Convention); Secretary.
- Mirpur Thana Peace Committee: Mozzammel Hossain Khan Choudhury (Convention); Convener.
- Magura Sub-
division Peace Committee: Moshiul Azam Khan (Convention): - Convener.
- Chuadanga Peace Committee: Asgar Ali Mollah (Convention): Convener.
- Meherpur Peace Committee: Sabdar Ali (Convention): Convener.
- Jessore Dist. Peace Committee : Sayed Shamsur Rahman; (Council) Convener; Syed Badrul Ala (Convention) Secretary.
- Khulna Dist. Peace Committee: Maulivi A.K.M. Yousuf Ex-
MNA (Jamaat), Convener with Abul Hossain and Amjad Hossain, Ex- Minister of Convention as members amongst others. - Satkhira sub-
Division Peace Committee: A.Goffur (Convention); convener. - Bagerhat Peace Committee Dr. Mojammel Haque (Convention), Convener.
- Khulna City Peace Committee: Mr. Ayub Hossain. Secretary,
- Khulna City Muslim League has been made Convener of the City Peace Committee.
London, June 9 (APM:
Britain offered on Monday to supply free vaccine; syringes and saline solution to Cholera ravaged East Pakistan refugees in India.
In addition; the British government offered to provide an airlift of supplies into West Bengal.
A Foreign office spokesman said the offer had been made to the consortium of' British charities supplying aid to the refugees in order that their Immediate needs should not be restricted by money considerations.
The announcement said Foreign Secretary; sir Alac Douglas Home: has been in personal
and urgent: touch with the United Nations Secretary-
Mr. K.G. Karim, General Secretary of Dacca City Student League, on Tuesday criticised India for preventing Pakistan nationals from returning to their homes, reports APP.
In a statement he said the Indian infiltrators forced the peaceful citizens of East Pakistan to go across the border. Now when the Pakistan nationals were eager to return to their homes in response to the appeals of the Pakistan Government India was putting hurdles in their way, he added.
Mr. Karim also denounced India for launching deliberate and false propaganda against Pakistan to serve her selfish end. Though our patriotic people and the brave Armed Forces had totally liquidated, the Indian infiltrators, India was still crying on, false propaganda against Pakistan. This is because, he went on. India could never reconcile herself to the existence of Pakistan inspite of the fact that all her conspiracies in the past against us were nipped and foiled by Pakistan.
He maintained that the people of East Pakistan voted for the deunct Awami League in the last general elections not pushing the country on the brink of ruination, but to establish a society free from exploitation. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman tried to destroy Pakistan by hoodwinking the people; but our Armed Forces foiled his disastrous move, he remarked.
The American Ambassador informed Secretary General U Thant yesterday that the United States has allocated an additional 15 million U.S. dollars for assistance to East Pakistan refugees in India.
It brings to 17.5 million the U.S. allocation for such aid. A full announcement was made by the State Department.
French Red Cross
UPI reports from Paris: The French Red Cross yesterday said it will donate 100,000 francs to help Pakistani refugees who recently fled to India.
The French Red Cross said it has already sent by air ten tons of medicine for children and was sending a further five tons of medical supplies by sea.
Tajuddin Ahmed of Sat Mujib Road, Dacca: Tofail Ahmed of Koralia P.O., District Bakergonj; A.M. Nazrul Islam of Larigal Shimol, Dist. Mymenshing, Abdul Mannan of 110. Siddheswari, Dist. Dacca and Abidur Rahman, proprietor, the 'People' and resident of Siddheswari, Dacca have been sentenced to 14 year's R.I. and confiscation of 50 per cent property each under Martial Law Regulation No. 40 for failing to appear before the Martial Law Authorities, reports APP.
They will be tried for the mean charges PPC 121 read with MLR 5 later.
Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, arrived in Dacca yesterday afternoon from Karachi.
During his stay in East Pakistan, Prince Sadruddin will discuses with officials matters relating to the return of bonafide Pakistanis to East Pakistan. He will also pay a one day visit to Khulna where the Prince will visit some jute mills.
Prince Sadruddin was received on his arrival here by chief Secretary. Military Secretary to Governor, a Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Proncipat Protocol Officer, Government of East Pakistan. APP adds: On his arrival in Karachi last night Prince Sadruddin said that his organisation would work as a focal point to facilitate the return of displaced persons of East Pakistan and the ultimate rehabilitation.
He said, he was satisfied with the discussions and final arrangements between him, the United Nations Assistant secretary General Mr. Ismat Kittani and the Pakistani authorities concerning the displaced persons of East Pakistan.
He said, Pakistan Government has shown full co-
He said, Mr. Kittani's mission will deal with relief supplies in terms of food and other requirements for East Pakistan. The Prince said, during his stay in Dacca he will have discussions with the authorities concerned as to what extent his organisation can play the role in the return of the displaced persons and their rehabilitation.
Prince Sadruddin last evening called on Mr. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Chairman of the Pakistan People's Forty at latter's Clifton residence here.
Prince Sadruddin was with Mr. Bhutto for about a couple of hours and discussed with him matters of mutual interest.
A Reuter report from London adds, Pakistan has agreed to accept help from a United
Nations group to plan relief measures inside East Pakistan the Pakistan high Commissioner
Mr. Salman Ali, told Foreign Secretary sir Alec Douglas-
A high Commission statement, issued after Mr. Ali's 20 minute meeting with Sir Alec, said the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Prince Sadruddin was now in Pakistan at the invitation of the Government. Prince Sadruddin had met President Yahya Khan and other Renior officials to discuss relief measures in East Pakistan.
The Prince had been assured of full cooperation in his task, the High Commission statement said.
The statement added that Mr. Ali had reminded Sir Alec that President Yahya Khan had already stated that bonafide Pakistanis were welcome to return to East Pakistan. A Foreign office spokesman said Mr. Ali and Sir Alec had a general discussion about the situation on East Pakistan and no details were available.
In Rajshahi, the patriotic people have recovered with the help of police and civil
administration and acting in full co-
Peace committees have also organised volunteers to protect the life and property of the peaceful citizens and got hold of miscreants. The result is that confidence in the mind of the people has returned.
He added that behaviour of the Indian press can only help in accelerating dangerous
trend in Indo-
He said India is making malicious propaganda against Pakistan setting aside all international and diplomatic norms. The people are alive to the fact that the Indian sympathy for East Pakistani Muslims is only a pretence with the aims to jeopardise the integrity of Pakistan.
More people have started trekking into Western districts of East Pakistan from across the borders, reports APP.
One hundred and fifty persons reported at Rajshahi, 500 at Dinajpur and 120 at Satkharia. Arrangements, however, only exist on Western borders to receive the returnees from India.
Six reception camps at Satkhira, Benapol, Chuadanga, Rajshahi, Teknaf and Aukia will be fully functioning by June 12 while the remaining 15 will be ready to receive our people by June 20.
Each reception camp will have covered accommodation for approximately two to three thousand people catering for a daily inflow of between 500 and 1,000 returness from across the border.
It may be mentioned that complete arrangements have been made to provide food accommodation
and medial care to all the returnees at reception camps. From there they will be
provided transport to take them to their homes. They will be received at the border
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. All bonafied Pakistanis have been advised to take recognised
routes while re-
Earlier, nearly 1,000 Pakistani nationals had crossed over into East Pakistan near Meherpur in Kushtia district on June 7.
Meer. Toyed Hossain, Vice President of the outlawed sub-
In an affidavit Mr. Toyed Hossain said the recent happenings in our country had opened
his eyes to the fact that a section of the outlawed Awami League leadership secretly
conspired with India to barter away our hard-
The affidavit said, "I Mr. Toyed Hossain, S/O Late Khadem Hossain of Pukhuria, PS.
Magura, Dist. Jessore, do hereby sever all connection with the outlawed Awami League
and declare that recent happenings in our country have opened my eyes to the fact
that a section of outlawed Awami League leadership secretly conspired with our sworn
enemy India to barter away our hard-
"Pakistan, which was carved out for the emancipation of 120 million Muslims of this
Sub-
"Thanks to Almighty Allah at the timely and effective intervention of our President
and brave Pakistan Army, Pakistan has been saved. Now it is our sacred duty to put
our best to rebuild our state on a sound foundation to foster a prosperous society
based on the ideal principle laid down by the Quaid-
"I appeal to people in all walks of life to sink all our differences and stand united against any evil design to disintegrate Pakistan."
The menace of deadly Asiatic Cholera threatening this sprawling crowded port city has deepened with the news that 100 Cast Pakistani refugees are now affected in a temporary camp on the outskirts of Calcutta.
Twelve new cases of cholera were reported on Sunday and there have been 23 deaths, mainly infants and old men. Those who succumbed to cholera itself is not known, many also suffering from exhaustion and malnutrition.
Cholera was still reported raging yesterday in epidemic proportions in other camps.
Work is due to begin on a new camp near Dum Dum airport. It is expected to hours up to 80,00 men, women and children who now sleep beneath trees and bushes along the Roads leading to the city.
In New Delhi. Health Minister Uma Shankar Dikhsit told Parliament that 1,256 refugees had died of cholera and 9,500 were in hospital with the disease.
The statement contrasted with reports in Calcutta newspapers, quoting official sources that some 4,000 people have died of cholera in the past two weeks in frontier areas of West Bengal, Mr. Dikshit told Parliament the response of the United Nations agencies such as the world Health Organisation and the U.N. Children's Fund was still not adequate. But there were signs of increasing awareness. In the Upper House Professor D. P. Chatopadhaya, Minister of State for Health, said the number of doctors working in the refugees areas was inadequate.
WHO ANNOUNCEMENT
A new Delhi report says: The cholera epidemic Which has killed thousands of displaced
persons in India now stretches along with the whole of the 1,300 miles West Bengal-
The South East Asia regional office of WHO said the epidemic also penetrates into West Bengal as far as Calcutta 40 miles from the boundary.
The regional office said that latest Cholera toll reported lto it by the Indian Government was on June 6 with about 3,000 deaths and 10,000 cases in hospital.
But reports in Calcutta newspapers quoting official sources on Monday said about 4,000 people had died of the disease within 15 days. Three days ago well informed diplomatic sources in Calcutta told Reuter the death toll was about 8,000.
The two statements said more details on the epidemic were expected when relief services became better organised.
The cholera epidemic among East Pakistani refugees in the border areas of India's West Bengal State has been checked to some extent, State Chief Minister Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee said yesterday.
The West Bengal Government has declared seven border districts along East Pakistan as epidemic effected.
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