ISLAMABAD: An official spokesman today [Feb 27] deplored Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s threat to dump 300,000 Biharis and said it depicted an “insensitive and inhuman attitude”. Commenting on the Sheikh’s statement in Natore … he said it was bound to shock and distress people of goodwill all over the world. The spokesman expressed the hope that the Human Rights Commission and international humanitarian organisations would take ... note of Sheikh Mujib’s ... racist policy. According to a foreign agency report, Sheikh Mujib said that he had no room for Biharis in Bangladesh and threatened to dump them. He said the world community should purchase an island for them. — News agencies

[Meanwhile, as reported by our staff reporter from Karachi,] foreign investors have shown interest in developing the Gadani Beach, 40 miles from Karachi as a tourist spot. This was stated by Raja Tridev Roy, Central Minister for Minorities Affairs and Tourism. …

The Minister said that the initial investment will be to the order of Rs four crores. The project includes construction of a hotel with 200 rooms, a restaurant, swimming pool, facilities for all indoor games. He said the Baluchistan Government will own the land and become a shareholder... .

Published in Dawn, February 28th, 2023