The paper was not published on Oct 28 on account of ‘Revolution Day’. The following excerpt is from the previous day’s edition.
KARACHI: A delegation of the Foreign Students Association yesterday called on President Ayub Khan at the President’s House and presented to him a cheque for Rs 21,682 for the East Pakistan Flood Belief Fund. While receiving the cheque, the President thanked the foreign students for their gesture towards the victims of East Pakistan’s recent devastating floods.
The delegation remained with the President for about half an hour. It consisted of Mr. Ahmad E. H. Jaffer, patron of the Foreign Students Association and leader of the delegation: Mr. Joosub Ibrahim Abba (South Africa), President of the Association: Mr. Wahib Barqawi (Palestine), Vice-President: Mr. Hashim Shariat (Iran), General Secretary: Mr. Abdul Rehman G. Hasnain (Saudi Arabia), Social Secretary.
A press release of the Foreign Students’ Association, Karachi, issued later said that the amount was a donation from the Muslims of Ruternburgh, Transvaal, to the President’s East Pakistan Relief Fund. The amount was received in Karachi in foreign exchange...
Published in Dawn, October 28th, 2018
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