There was no issue of the paper on Oct 27, 1973, on account of the Jummatul Wida holiday. The excerpt below is taken from the previous day’s edition.

RAWALPINDI: In view of the transport and other difficulties experienced during the rec­ent floods the Government of Pakistan has de­­­cided to construct a new super highway alo­ng the right bank of the Indus — linking Kar­a­­­­chi with Peshawar and passing through Sind, Punjab and NWFP. The project was discussed here today [Oct 25] at a meeting convened by the Finance Minister, Dr Mubashir Hasan. …

...Dr Mubashir told the participants that the Prime Minister has ordered that the pro­­­j­­ect be undertaken im­­m­e­­­diately and comp­l­et­­ed as soon as possible. He said early complet­ion … has been made nece­s­­sary by the vu­­l­­nerability of the country’s tra­nsport system which was demonstrated during the recent floods when the railway system broke down near Khanpur and Ahmedpur East — leaving no alternative means for tra­nsporting goods and passengers to the northern areas. The road between Ja­­co­babad and Dera Ghazi Khan was very unsatisfactory and the railway line was even more difficult. As a result, now there was a backlog of 1,000 wagons.

Published in Dawn, October 27th, 2023