The Daily Morning News
06 NOVEMBER 1971
News headlines and details from the Daily Morning News.
News Headlines:
- Bhutto, Military Chiefs in Peking. Consultations with Chinese leaders.
- Arms from China, Rumania for Pakistan.
- Razakars kill five Indian agents.
- Niazi visits trumphant troops.
- Situation in sub-
continent Big five urged to support Thant's initiative. - 6 political parties agree to co-
operated in NA- Qayyum. Jamaat is great clanger to Country, says Kauser- Niazi. Everything normal in East Pakistan, says Nurul Amin. USSR supports unity & integrity of Pakistan. - 5 more elected to East Pakistan Assembly.
Other Headlines:
- Enemy suffers heavy casualties Indian regular troops keep up pressure on E. Pak leaders
- Rally, demonstrations all over East Pakistan
- Fully Exposed
- Turkey has asked India to accept Yahya's offer
Peking, Nov.5 (APP) : Pakistani political leader Zulfikar, Ali Bhutto arrived here
today as the personal representative of president Yahya Khan lot-
Mr. Bhutto, a fromer foreign Minister, who is heading a large delegation of political and military leaders was welcomed at the airport by Acting) Foreign Minister Chipengfee Mr. Bhutto's "surprise" visit is expected to last untill Monday, informed sources said, noting that his talks with Chinese leadrs would be the most important since President Yahya was here exactly one year ago.
Chinese caution on the Indo-
The First was seen here as demonstrating China's wish to avoid a new conflicts in Asia, and the second as recalling the special lies between China and Pakistan.
Pakistan is about to receive arms Shipments from people's China and Rumania. Defence Department sources disclosed here yesterday as Indian Premier Mrs. Indira Gandhi began talks with President Nixon. American intelligence reports the sources said a Pakistani cargo vessel was on its way to China to take consignment of artillery pieces trucks and ammunition for the tanks used by the Pakistani Army.
Another vessel was on its way to Rumania to pick up consignments of light weapons, they added. Observers here suggested the disclosure was aimed <11 convincing India that it was not American support which was behind Pakistan rather other countries were willing to fill the gap it Washington (,eased arms supplies to Karachi.
Another report adds : Indian Premier Mrs. Indira Gandhi yesterday said the hoped her visit to the UN would create a deeper understanding of the impact of events in Pakistan and India."
Mrs. Gandhi was speaking shortly after she arrived at the White f-
Razakars yesterday carried out a successful raids on the hide-
Lt. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi, commander Eastern Command and Martial Law Administrator Zone `B' spent the whole of yesterday with triumphant troops defying concerted efforts of Indian soldiers and their agents to capture Pakistan territory along; the eastern border, reports APP.
He was accompanied by the GOC.
Big five urged to support Thant's initiative
Islamabad, Nov. 5(APP) : Pakistan is not making any immediate move to have the matter
of Indian threat raised in the Security Council but is keeping this option open.
This was stated today by a spokesman of Pakistan Foreign Office. The spokesman appealed
to the Five Big Powers to follow up and support the initiative taken by the Secretary
General of United Nations U Thant to defuse the explosive situation in the sub-
If(, said it was for the Big Powers friendly to both Pakistan and India to back up
and strengthen the move of the Secretary general both inside and outside the Security
Council I have reasons to believe that some have been using such influence as they
have in the sub-
Karachi. Nov. 5(APP) : Vice Admiral S. Muzaffar Hasan. Connmander-
Speaking at the keel-
Perojpur Nov. 5(APP) : The Razakars of Nazipur police Station of the subdivision assisted by Thana Police valiantly fought with a band of' Indian agents at Satkachima.
Four Indian agents were killed in the encounter and one of them was arrested along with one stengun one rifle and two other automatic weapons of Indian make.
The arrested Indian agent Lutfur Rahman said that they were trained in India and also were supplied with armes and ammunition by the Indian Army.
Peshawar, Nov. 5 (PPI) : Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan, Presidcnt of Pakistan Muslim League
said here Wednesday six political parties of the country PML. CML, PML (convention),
Jamaat-
Islamabad, Nov. 5 (APP) : The Soviet Union has assured Pakistan of its interest in
Peace in the sub-
This assurance has come as a result of the clarifiction sought by Pakistan Foreign Office of the joint statement issued in New Delhi after a recent visit there by Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Nikolai Firubin.
A Spokesman of the Foreign office said this assurance by the Soviet Union was welcome
and was fully reciprocated by Pakistan. However, in the he background ol India's
open and belligerent interference in Fast Pakistan and the obstractions she was putting
in the matter of return of displaced persons Pakistan was bound to view with concern
the political support and continued supplies of-
Five more candidates were provisionally declared elected unopposed to the East Pakistan
Assembly in the two-
Of the five elected candidates, two were Mr. Abdus Sobhan of PDP (PE-
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