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News Headlines:
- 161 more deserters surrender.
- Gen. Hamid finds troops in Feni, B. Baria cheerful.
- Kosygin meets Pak envoy. -
Bhutto condemns threat to boycott aid. - Bhutto condemns threat to boycott aid
- British MPs confer with M.M. Ahmad, S.M. Khan.
- Islam along can bind two wings, says Azam.
- Qayyum urges people to work unitedly to defend Pakistan.
- Indian expansionism.
- MNAs, MPAs urged to help bring peace in their areas. (Staff Reporter)
- Turkey sends relief supplies for E. Wing.
- Qayyum opposes transfer of power.
Other Headlines:
- DPs continue to return in huge number.
- Pakistan protests upprovoked firing by Indian forces.
- Indian Canard nailed.
One hundred and sixty one more deserters, including officers and other ranks, of the East Bengal Regiment and East Pakistan Rifles have surrendered themselves in Dacca, Jessore and Bogra sectors, reports APP.
This is in response to the military authorities offer to the military authorities offer to the deserters to surrender without their weapons. Till the first week of the current month 2,000 deserters, including 26 officers and large number of Junior commissioned officers, had given themselves up in various parts of the province.
General Abdul Hamid Khan, Chief of Staff Pakistan Army yesterday visited troops in Brahmanbaria and Feni areas along the eastern borders reports APP.
The Chief of Stuff was accompanied by commanders Eastern command and the GOC.
The local commanders, Briefing the Army Chief of staff at their respective headquarters, told him that the troops had closed up to the border in their respective areas minimising chances of Indian infiltration and food smuggling across the border consequently the food situation, they added, had further improved in the border areas.
General Hamid was also told that some anti state elements supported by Indians troops with covering fire from across the border, last week managed to sneak into a few places along the Eastern Border. They sought to disrupt our means of communications but they were detected in time and eleminated. Considerable quantities of arms, ammunition and explosives were captured from them.
General Hamid travelling by army helicopter, also flew to Manatala in Brahmanbaria area and Bakhsh Hat in Feni area. At every place, he meet the troops, talked to them freely and enquired about their welfare. The troops were cheerful and in high spirits.
General Hamid was told that a large number of people were voluntarily forming village
defence teams to protect themselves from any possible makers. These teams were also
co-
General Hamid returned to Dacca in the afternoon.
Mr. Alexi Kosygin, the Soviet Prime Minister yesterday received in the Kremlin the Ambassador of' Pakistan. Mr. J.K.A. Marker and had conversation with him in a friendly atmosphere, it was reported here.
Aid to Pakistan Consortium Countries threat of stopping aid to Pakistan till a political solution to the country's crises was found was strongly condemned here on Tuesday evening by the chief of the Pakistan people's Party, Mr. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
While speaking at a largely attended reception given by the party workers, Mr. Bhutto said that such external pressures on Pakistan were not only dangerous and disturbing for an independent sovereign state of Pakistan, but also "very insulting." Pakistan, Mr. Bhutto said achieved her independence 23 years ago to lead an independent life free from any foreign pressures.
He feared that unless the people's representatives Government was not set up such "external pressures" were likely to increase.
After all Mr. Bhutto said, these consortium countries did not favour Pakistan by ' advancing loans as their foans carried high rates of interest which Pakistanis had been paying at the rate of Rs. 100 crore in terms of interest every year.
Such "external pressures" if not checked, will further increase and tomorrow these foreign powers would e giving threats that unless such and such person was not brought in power in Pakistan, aid would be stopped. None had any right to dictate us in our affirs, asserted Mr. Bhutto amidst thunderous cheers.
The four member British Parliamentary delegation met Mr. M.M. Ahmad, Economic Adviser to the president, here today.
During the meeting, Mr. Ahmad explained at length the current economic situation in the country and the efforts being made by the Government to improve the functioning of the economy, in particular, in East Pakistan.
Mr. Ahmad also discussed with the British MPs the arrangements being made by the Government to ensure speedy and regular food distribution throughout East Pakistan.
Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan, President of Pakistan Muslim League yesterday urged the people close their ranks and work unitedly and spiritedly for defending the ideological and geographical frontiers of Pakistan.
He was speaking at a reception arranged in his honour by a prominent League worker, Mr. Ghulam Yazdani Malik at a local Hotel.
Prof. Ghulam Azam, Ameer, Jamaat-
Addressing a press conference at a local hotel this afternoon he said that India would under no circumstances by friendly with the East Pakistanis. He pointed out that ideology of Pakistan is the guiding force for all nations and Islam only can bind the two wings of the country.
They East jamaat chief said that te six point programme of the outlawed Awami League were aimed at separation from Pakistan. He urged the Government to ban those parties which openly launched the separatist movement and agitated the people to make independent Bangla Desh.
He appealed to all concerned to ake the people into confidence and deal effectively with the miscreants and anti state elements.
Prof. Ghulam Azam paid glowing tributes to the armed forces for bringing back normalcy
in the province and saving Pakistan from disintegration "We must how work with active
co-
In reply to a question he said that the people of East Pakistan never voted to redress
thir grivances. He remarked that Quaid-
He requested the people in West Pakistan to propose and work on principles which could keep both the wings of the country still closer to each other. In reply to another question, prof. Ghulam Azam said, unless complete normalcy is restored in East wing power can not be transferred and elections also can not be held.
He said during my meeting with the president in Rawalpindi I told him (President) the latest situation in East Pakistan.
India after having created an explosive situation is mounting tension Mr. Jagjiban
Ram. Indian Defence Minister, while addressing Indian army units, called upon them
to be prepared 'to meet any eventuality that might arise.' He said with tongue in
cheek, "We are a peace loving country and we want to avoid war, but Pakistan is creating
a situation where war may be thrust on us." Thrust on India? This is a smoke screen.
Indian perfidy in 1965 is still fresh in the minds of Pakistanis -
Subramaniam Swamy, and Indian intellectual has urged India to go to war with Pakistan. He visualises India emerging as a super power and for this the dismemberment of Pakistan is an essential condition. He does not mince words.
Other Indians may not be so forthright; most of them hide their expansionist dreams and aggressive designs behind high sounding principles, but they entertain the same dreams. Swamy argues that India should recognise "Bangla Desh" immediately as recognition would lead to a war with Pakistan. it is hard to believe that anyone in his senses could think in terms of war, but those whom God wants to destroy. He first makes mad.
Mr. S.B. Zaman, a MPA-
Addressing a press conference yesterday at a local hotel in Dacca, Mr. Zaman congratulated the president of Pakistan and Governor of East Pakistan for their magnanimity and generousity in granting amnesty to the misguided members of police, EPR, EBR, students, political workers and leaders.
He said: "Some have already taken advantage of this amnesty and I appeal to my other brethren to take full benefit of this offer and start normal life.
Refering to the outlawed Awami League and six-
Awami League, he said in a prepare statement, during the whole election campaign never advocated for creating an independent "Bangla Desh" outside Pakistan. The people would not have voted for Awami League at all, if they were given any hints of the Indo Awami League conspiracy of undoing Pakistan. Even many important leaders and workers of Awami League did not now of any such conspiracy, he added.
Mr. S.B. Zaman said that our people had seen the Hindu oppression on Muslims in undivided India. "The Muslims of India know what Hindu Raj means to them. They can never agree to undo Pakistan in order to be dominated by Hindus again."
Turkey has sent a plane load relief supplies including blankets, clothing and medicines for East Pakistan, officials said here today.
This is in response to the recent appeal by the United Nations Secretary General U Thant for relidf assistance to East Pakistan on humanitarian grounds.
Turkey one of the first countries to positively respond to U Thant's appeal. This is taken here as a reflections existing between Pakistan and Turkey.
The Special Turkish airport carrying nine tons of material arrived in Karachi last night. It flew to Dacca.
The President of the Pakistan Muslim League Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan said that the transfer of power to the elected representatives of people at this critical juncture would not be in the larger interest of the solidarity and integrity of Pakistan.
Addressing workers of his party here yesterday the PML chief said the outlawed Awami League had become tool at the hands of some big foreign powers who in complicity with India our major enemy conspired to disentegrate Pakistan.
Profile of Bengal