CAIRO: The Pakistan Prime Minister, Mr Liaquat Ali Khan, who arrived here today [Nov 2] by air from Paris, called for unity among all Muslim countries, in a Muslim New Year Day message. “I wish Muslims the world over a very happy new year, and pray to Allah that during this year the troubles the Muslim world is facing, and [e]specially the Arabs in Palestine, will come to an end and that we shall be able to make marked progress,” he said.

“The need of the hour is unity amongst all Muslim countries, [e]specially the Arab countries. United we stand, divided we fall. …” — News agencies

[Meanwhile, in Karachi,] the Governor General of Pakistan, Khwaja Nazimuddin, performed the opening ceremony of the first residential colony to be built in Karachi after the establishment of Pakistan… .

The colony is to have 2,000 quarters out of which 800 are nearing completion. [It] will also have 200 small bungalows which will be built later.

… “Karachi enjoyed the reputation of being the cleanest town … in the … subcontinent. It is for the dwellers … to see that a very high standard of cleanliness is maintained … .”

Published in Dawn, November 3rd, 2023