PESHAWAR: Twenty prominent Red Shirt leaders of Hastnagar who took part as office bearers of Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s movement in his stronghold of Charsadda area today [May 23] repudiated Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s leadership, and severance of their connections with Red Shirt Party. The announcement was made at a gathering arranged by Khan Mahmud Khan, President of Red Shirts in Hastnagar South, at his village Rehana. The … Frontier Revenue Minister, Khan Mohammad Abbas Khan … said that Red Shirts had offered great sacrifices in the cause of freedom, but now that freedom had been attained and hostility of Hindus and Sikhs towards progress of Muslims stands [firm], the only course left for Muslims was to unite and work for strengthening Pakistan.

[Meanwhile,] The third meeting of the Inter-Dominion Defence Secretaries’ Committee was held in Karachi on Monday [May 24]. … A number of outstanding inter-Dominion items, including the movement of Pakistan’s share of military stores, were discussed… . Out of 160,000 tons of stores that Pakistan is to get from India, only 17,300 tons have so far been received.

Published in Dawn, May 25th, 2023