LAKE SUCCESS: Chaudhri Mohammad Zafr­­­ullah Khan, Pakistan Foreign Minister, has asked the Security Council to hold a meeting soon to resume debate on the Hyderabad question. [He] had sent a letter to M Jean Chauvel, this month’s President of the Security Council, in which, it is understood, he drew attention to the fact that at the last meeting … in Paris, the issue was left pending.

At that time, Chaudhri Zafrullah informed the Council that he had a lengthy statement to make but the President suspended the debate because of lack of time. [Mr] Zafrullah was believed to want an opportunity to make his statement before he leaves New York. No meeting of the … Council has yet been set. The President will want to discuss the question with other Council colleagues before deciding on a resumption of the debate. — News agencies

[Meanwhile, according to Dawn’s Cairo Correspondent,] at 9 o’clock last night [May 5] an attempt was made to kill Hamed Godah Bey, President, Egyptian Chamber of Deputies, while he was returning by car to his home. The police arrested one terrorist found near the place — a member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.

Published in Dawn, May 7th, 2024