From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1951: Seventy-five years ago: Grievous crime

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RAWALPINDI: Investigations carried out by the UN Military Observers in Pakistan and Bharat confirm that Fazalilahi, a Pakistani villager of Sialkot district, was abducted by Bharati soldiers from Pakistan territory and killed by them on Bharati-held territory, says a Press note issued here today [Nov 13]. The Chief Military Observer has advised General Headquarters Bharat of this violation by their troops.

[As reported by news agencies from Karachi,] Pakistan could only become “the great Islamic democracy we want” if parents gave their utmost attention now to building up the character of their children and assuring their physical, mental and emotional well-being and security, APWA’s General Secretary, Mrs G Ahmed said… .

Speaking on “Children: Our National Treasure” at a public meeting … she said we could do more in this way to raise a worthy nation than by sitting idly at home criticising the ills of our society. Mrs Ahmed said Pakis­tan was spending enormous sums of money importing foreign experts and machinery to improve and exploit the country’s national resources. Yet we had shamefully neglected “very greatest treasure children” … . …

Published in Dawn, November 14th, 2026

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