KARACHI: The Government of Pakistan are likely to appoint their diplomatic representative to the Central People’s Government of China at Peking in [the] near future, it was learnt … on Saturday [June 17]. It is understood that the Government … have already decided upon the principle of exchanging diplomatic representatives with the Peking Government. Authoritative sources denied … that Pakistan would wait for the outcome of the tussle between the USSR and the Western Powers over the admission of New China to the United Nations before appointing her diplomatic representative there.

[Meanwhile, according to a Dawn London report,] British and French officials, who are investigating the cause of the two crashes at Bahrein of Air France planes, have been understood to have stated that in the cause was sabotage of landing and taking off movable wing flaps. Allegations of sabotage in Karachi were widely publicised.

British newspapers … [made no mention] of [the] report of the Commission, already in Bahrein, which enquired into [the] first crash and … blamed night landings and take offs from Bahrein as [the] main cause… .

Published in Dawn, June 18th, 2025