1971.11.04, Country (Pakistan), Newspaper
TAKE STEPS TOWARD POLITICAL SETTLEMENT The Pakistani President has also said that he will release Sheikh Mujibur Rahman if the nation so desires. Well and good. But how is one to ascertain the national Will if a general election itself is thought to be far from...
1971.10.22, Country (India), Country (Pakistan)
INDIA FORCED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES A renewal of tension and the concentration of troops on the Indo-Pakistani frontiers has been reported since the end of the last week. In fact, it was learned on the 16th October that five Pakistani divisions, on a war...
1971.10.22, Country (India), Country (Pakistan), Newspaper
POSSIBILITY OF WAR BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN By rejecting the verdict of the people, President Yahya Khan has given proff of his political short-sightedness which will ultimately lead to the disintegration of Pakistan. He is prepared even to face this situation...
1971.09.17, Newspaper, Yahya Khan
YAHYA’S DILEMMA The People’s Party leader, Mr. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, is coming close to threatening President Yahya Khan with a popular uprising in West Pakistan unless he is made Prime Minister of the whole country. It is, however, unlikely that Mr....
1971.07.20, Newspaper, Yahya Khan
YAHYA KHAN APPOINTS SPECIAL ASSISTANT President Yahya Khan had appointed Mr. Abdul Mottalib Malik as his Special Assistant for displaced persons and relief and rehabilitation operations in East Pakistan, acording to the Pakistan Information service here. In his...
1971.07.13, Newspaper, Yahya Khan
YAHYA KHAN’S PROPOSALS President Yahja Khan has announced on June 28 about his plan to transfer power to the representatives of the people at national and provincial levels in about four months or so. In a nationwide broadcast he said past history of the...
1971.07.07, Country (Pakistan), Newspaper
PAKISTAN ACCUSES WORLD BANK OFFICIAL OF PREJUDICE Rawalpindi, July 6 (AP)- “Pakistan’s government radio charged Tuesday that World Bank official Peter Cargill was “trying to prejudice” an aid giving consortium of countries against Pakistan...
1971.07.05, Country (Pakistan), Newspaper
GUILT AND DISASTER OVER PAKISTAN By Peter Hazelhurst Within the space of a few short weeks both East and West Bengal have suddenly become international trouble spots. Millions of people have been uprooted by civil war, thousands have been killed, famine disease...
1971.07.01, Country (Pakistan), Newspaper
PAKISTAN TO RETURN TO CIVILIAN RULE? President Yahya Khan of Pakistan has said that the hopes to return the country to civilian rule in about four months under a new consititution giving the provinces maximum autonomy wihin the federal framework. In a nationwide...
1971.06.28, Country (Pakistan), Newspaper
PAKISTAN PAYS 54 PERCENT FOR DEFENCE Rawalpindi. June 27 (AP). The Pakistan Government has announced that it is to tax the rich more harshly to pay for an increased national budget 54 per cent of which will go towards “defence.” M.M. Ahmad, economic...
