RAWALPINDI: The fourth UNCTAD conference, which opened in Nairobi today [May 5], must act to reverse the persistent deterioration in the terms of trade of the developing countries and ensure stability in their export earnings, Prime Minister Bhutto has said. In a message to the conference … he asked as to what hope for prosperity could a country like Pakistan hold out to its people if it has to incur a loss of nearly a billion dollars in a single year due to a decline in its terms of trade. Acknowledging that the ultimate answer rested in our ability to maximise industrialisation to meet our basic requirements, the [PM] said: Here, too, we face external constraints.

[Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies from Lahore,] Pakistan International Airlines today [May 5] introduced a wide-bodied aircraft on its Lahore-Karachi route to meet the increasing demand of air traffic in the area. The plane, a DC-10, landed at Lahore Airport … on its first regular flight… . The airline has been able to operate this bigger plane on this route after it has acquired two … 747 Jumbo jets on lease from … TAP, for … operation on some of the international routes hitherto served by DC-10s.

Published in Dawn, May 6th, 2026