KARACHI: Prime Minister Bhutto yesterday [Aug 5] described Port Qasim — the second deep water port — to be built at Phitti Creek as a “vital segment in the infrastructure needed for the economic development of the country”. Speaking [at] … the foundation-stone-laying ceremony … [he] said that Karachi Port has served the nation well, and it will continue to do so, but its heavy burden will, in the near future, be shared by the new port. … [He] said the need for a second major port had long been felt … but the people’s Government, as soon as it could, took decisions and translated them into reality to relieve the growing congestion at the Port of Karachi. — Staff reporter

[Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies from Lahore,] Chief Justice Sardar Mohammad Iqbal and Mr Justice Nasim Hasan Shah have held that the President’s proclamation of emergency in the country is constitutionally valid. They also held that, actual occurrence of war or of any internal violence is not necessary to justify a proclamation of emergency by the President... . ... These observations have been made by Their Lordships while dismissing in limine a writ petition by Malik Mohammad Suleman, MNA from Sialkot.

Published in Dawn, August 6th, 2026