TOKYO: As tired-eyed GIs fighting grimly to hold the Kum river line in Korea today [July 16] beat back combined infantry, artillery and mortar attacks against their last-ditch positions, the overall picture seemed that the North Koreans were trying to outflank the Americans at the western end of their line and making a vigorous bid to drive a wedge between Americans and South Koreans on the eastern side. Long columns of North Korean armour artillery and supporting vehicles were spotted moving up to the front held by the American on two lines from the junction town of Changhowon.

[Meanwhile, in Karachi,] Pakistan’s Minister for Kashmir Affairs, Mr Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani … had discussions with Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan on Sunday [July 16] regarding Kashmir Affairs. … It was not yet certain whether Mr Gurmani would accompany Mr … Khan to New Delhi for the forthcoming tripartite conference on Kashmir to be held on July 20.

[Separate reports from Karachi said,] a 70-foot-long portion of the base of a bund at Gulel, 50 miles from Tatta (Sind) is reported to have been eroded by the Indus waters … . The Sind PWD authorities… added that … the situation was entirely under control… .

Published in Dawn, July 17th, 2025