NEW DELHI: How to hold a fair and impartial plebiscite is the question that the Prime Ministers of Pakistan and Bharat, assisted by Sir Owen Dixon, have been discussing here for about 16 hours since Thursday [July 20], it is reliably learnt. They are understood to have covered “vast grounds forward and backward” within the framework of the Security Council resolutions on Kashmir. While they have decided to continue these discussions tomorrow [July 25] in the afternoon … they are meeting tomorrow morning, without Sir Owen Dixon, to discuss Pakistan-Bharat problems other than Kashmir. — News agencies

[Meanwhile, as reported by Dawn’s Observer Service from the Korean Front,] the first phase in the Korean war is over. The sacrifice of the 24th Division to give time to others to build up has also come to an end. The North Korean forces have reached positions prepared with much secrecy by General MacArthur in the right hand corner of South Korea. There are now more American troops to meet the Communist advance — not many, but, it is hoped, they are enough. It will not be an easy task for these troops to stop the Communists now driving down the west coast at top speed… .

Published in Dawn, July 24th, 2025