RAWALPINDI: A Press release issued here by the Headquarters of the Chief Martial Law Administrator has reminded the public that the last date for the declaration of movable and immovable foreign assets under Martial Law Regulation No. 35 is June 16 and the date for the declaration and surrender of foreign exchange under Martial Law Regulation No. 34 is May 15.

The grace period in the case of declaration of foreign assets was allowed to enable the people concerned to determine the value and extent of the movable and immovable assets held by them abroad. — Agency

[Meanwhile, as reported by an agency in New Delhi,] External Affairs Minister Dinesh Singh said in Parliament today [May 8] that India had reiterated its desire to settle disputes with Pakistan “bilaterally and peacefully” but that there was no proposal for any meetings at Ministerial-level between the two countries.

He was reporting on talks he and Premier Indira Gandhi had on Tuesday with Air Marshal Nur Khan who represented Pakistan at the funeral of the late President Zakir Husain. Mr Singh said that no specific problems were raised at the talks. Answering questions about the recent talks between Indian and Pakistani officials over water supplies from the river Ganges and the Parakka Dam, he said India had rejected the Pakistani proposal to share the river waters on a political basis.

Published in Dawn, May 9th, 2019