RAWALPINDI: Following are the highlights of today’s [March 26] broadcast on the national hook-up by the Chief Martial Law Administrator General A.M. Yahya Khan: The sole aim of Martial Law is to protect life and property of the people and put the Administration back on the rails. Administrative laxity and chaos in any form will not be tolerated and every member of the Administration has been asked to take serious note of the warning.

He made it absolutely clear that he has no ambition other than creation of conditions conducive to the establishment of a constitutional Government. It will be the task of people’s representatives elected freely and impartially on the basis of adult franchise to give the country a workable constitution and solve political, economic and social problems.

The Armed Forces belong to the people and they have no political ambitions and will not prop up any individual or party. Everyone has been asked to return to his post and do his bit to repair the damage caused to the economy. The Martial Law Administration would not tolerate agitation and destructive activities of any kind. The Administration would make every endeavour to resolve genuine difficulties of various sections of society, including students labour and peasants. — Agency

Published in Dawn, March 27th, 2019