KARACHI: Polling in the first ever general elections to the National Assembly held yesterday was brisk and heavy, according to reports received here, and a very rough estimate based on these reports put the percentage of votes cast at well over 80.

Majority of the results were unofficially known after sunset. Among the successful candidates were: Mohammad Ali, a former Prime Minister of Pakistan; Moulvi Tamizuddin Khan, Speaker of the first Constituent Assembly (according to PPA); Moulvi Tamizuddin Khan, Mr Habibur Rahman and Mr Abdul Kasem Khan, Ministers in the Presidential Cabinet; and Sardar Bahadur Khan, Mir Ghulam Ali Khan Talpur and Mr Luftur Rahman Khan, all former Central Ministers. Z.A. Bhutto had earlier been declared elected unopposed.

There were a few upsets, too. Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan, a former Central Minister; and Shah Azizur Rahman, former Joint Secretary of the Pakistan Muslim League, were defeated.

Mr Ebrahim Khan, who was a member of the first Constituent Assembly, polled the highest number of the votes — 455. — (Special Representative)

Masterful presentation

NEW YORK: Choudhri Zafrullah Khan’s opening statement at the Security Council, though yet incomplete, was termed by observers as a masterful presentation of Pakistan’s case of Kashmir. He spoke for about two hours and 15 minutes, beginning by tracing the history of the Kashmir dispute from the time of Partition. — Special Correspondent