NEW YORK: The principal concern of Pakistan at the forthcoming United Nations General Assembly will be the Kashmir question, Chaudhri Zafrullah Khan, Pakistan Foreign Minister, said on arrival here yesterday [Sept 12]. ... He told reporters that Pakistan had accepted the terms proposed by the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan for a ‘settlement of the dispute’.

He referred to two other matters... . One related to the control of the Rivers Ravi, Beas and Sutlej which, he said, had become “international” as a result of partition. Pakistan suggested that the subject should be referred to the International Court of Justice failing any agreement between herself and India. ... Chaudhri Zafrullah Khan said that the third issue was the question of evacuee property.

[Meanwhile, according to news agencies in Karachi,] Mr Adam Taylor Smith, former Director of Operations, Civil Aviation Department, was yesterday [Sept 13] found guilty of committing fraud against the Government of Pakistan, of abetment of forgery, and of breach of the Indian Aircraft Rules and sentenced to two years’ simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs4,600.

Published in Dawn, September 14th, 2024