KARACHI: Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the three High Courts have unanimously suggested “they did not want any increase in their salaries”, but the Government has decided that they will be given some other benefits. This was stated here … by Mr. Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, Federal Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, while talking to newsmen after a meeting of the judges with Prime Minister Bhutto. The Minister said the benefits include residential benefits and conveyance. Mr. Pirzada said the Prime Minister agreed … that the number of judges of the Supreme Court be increased from six to seven.

[Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies from Teheran,] Iraqi forces killed 41 Iranian frontier guards and wounded 81 others in border clashes yesterday [Feb 10], an Iranian Army General Staff spokesman said here… . The spokesman said that 14 dead Iraqis were left on Iranian territory along with … arms and ammunition. The fighting occurred when Iraqi troops … attacked Iranian border posts. … The English-language Teheran paper “Keyhan International” reported that Iraqi forces tried to destroy an irrigation dam across the Iranian border.

Published in Dawn, February 12th, 2024