KARACHI: A major portion of the ten per cent of the Bharati Army, remaining in the interior of the country, has also started moving towards the borders of Pakistan. The 90 per cent of the Bharati Army is already massed on the Pakistan borders. The movement … began … simultaneously with, or soon after the public assurance given by the Bharati Prime Minister … that Bharat would not attack Pakistan. This reply of the Bharati Prime Minister is considered “unsatisfactory” in competent quarters. — News agencies

[Meanwhile, according to news agencies in Washington,] New details were made public here today [July 25] of … America’s comprehensive programme of economic aid to five countries of South-East Asia in the coming year… . The programme, costing 80 million dollars, provided for assistance to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ceylon, Nepal and Bharat. …

For Pakistan: Improvement of agricultural techniques by the introduction of American extension method, improved implements and greater use of fertiliser. Assistance also was contemplated in reclaiming land, introducing modern road-building methods, opening new trade schools and in carrying out a geological survey.

Published in Dawn, July 26th, 2026