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From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1951: Seventy-five years ago: Grievous crime

RAWALPINDI: Investigations carried out by the UN Military Observers in Pakistan and Bharat confirm that Fazalilahi,...

Published 14 Nov, 2026 05:24am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1976: Fifty Years Ago: Indus waters

KOHAT: Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, yesterday [Nov 9] said that a Judicial Commission will be appointed...

Published 11 Nov, 2026 06:07am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1951: Seventy-five years ago: ME defence command

PARIS: The United States, Britain, France and Turkey today [Nov 10] announced their plans to establish the...

Published 11 Nov, 2026 06:07am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1976: Fifty Years Ago: Bhutto slates opposition

ABBOTTABAD: Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto said here this afternoon [Nov 8] that the process of economic change...

Published 09 Nov, 2026 06:35am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1976: Fifty Years Ago: Signs of progress

PESHAWAR: The gigantic efforts made by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto over the last four and half years to...

Published 07 Nov, 2026 05:03am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1951: Seventy-five years ago: Britain’s future policy

LONDON: Mr Winston Churchill’s new British Government announced in the King’s Speech “from the throne” today...

Published 07 Nov, 2026 05:03am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1951: Seventy-five years ago: Wholehearted support

PESHAWAR: NWFP Tribal area’s wholehearted and loyal support to the new Governor-General and the new Prime Minister...

Published 04 Nov, 2026 07:02am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1976: Fifty Years Ago: Anti-profiteering drive

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Finance Minister, Rana Mohammad Hanif has given firm instructions to the tax authorities to ...

Published 02 Nov, 2026 06:05am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1951: Seventy-five years ago: Armistice talks

TOKYO: UN and Communist delegates made no progress towards agreement on a cease-fire line in three hours of talks at...

Published 31 Oct, 2026 04:18am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1951: Seventy-five years ago: Churchill cabinet

LONDON: Mr Winston Churchill put himself in the dual wartime role of both the Prime Minister and Defence Minister on...

Published 28 Oct, 2026 06:53am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1976: Fifty Years Ago: Public investment

LAHORE: Industrial investment in Pakistan in the public sector this financial year (1976-77) will register an...

Published 28 Oct, 2026 06:53am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1976: Fifty Years Ago: Fertility survey report

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s crude birth rate is currently estimated at 40.5 per thousand of population, Pakistan...

Published 26 Oct, 2026 06:08am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1951: Seventy-five years ago: Record poll

LONDON: Tabulators began counting what appeared to be a record number of ballots on Thursday night [Oct 25] to see ...

Published 26 Oct, 2026 06:08am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1951: Seventy-five years ago: New cabinet

KARACHI: Mr Mohammad Ali, hitherto Sec­retary-General to the Pakistan Government, becomes Finance Minister in the...

Published 24 Oct, 2026 06:23am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1976: Fifty Years Ago: Salal Dam talks

ISLAMABAD: The Indo-Pakistan negotiations on the Salal Dam concluded here today [Oct 21] with further progress in...

Published 22 Oct, 2026 05:46am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1951: Seventy-five years ago: Begum Liaquat to shift

KARACHI: The widow of the Quaid-i-Millat, Begum Liaquat Ali Khan, has been allotted an official bungalow in Bath...

Published 22 Oct, 2026 05:46am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1976: Fifty Years Ago: S. Africa veto

UNITED NATIONS: Despite warnings by Pakistan and 34 other countries not to prevent a decision in the Security...

Published 21 Oct, 2026 07:05am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1951: Seventy-five years ago: ‘Hush up’

There was no issue of the paper on Oct 20, 1951, out of respect for the late prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan.

Published 20 Oct, 2026 06:57am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1976: Fifty Years Ago: Defence preparedness

KAKUL: Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto said here today [Oct 18] that the People’s Government would continue to...

Published 19 Oct, 2026 06:50am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1976: Fifty Years Ago: Happier tomorrow

RAWALPINDI: Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto declared today [Oct 17] that Pakistan was determined not to be behind...

Published 18 Oct, 2026 06:42am