THERE was no issue of Dawn on account of Eid-ul-Azha on the day. Reproduced below are two reports from the preceding day’s paper:

RAWLAPINDI: President Ayub Khan has ordered that the Central Government should be reorgansied and reconstituted in accordance with the recommendations of the Standing Organisation Committee, it was officially announced here yesterday.

The Central Government has been reconstituted so as to have 11 Ministries and a high-powered President’s Secretariat, comprising five divisions. There are 17 divisions in the 11 Ministries.

The following is the reorganised structure of the Central Government: President’s Secretariat: (a) Cabinet Division, (b) Economic Affairs Division, (c) Establishment Division, (d) Planning Division, (e) States and Frontier Regions Division.— Agencies

White Paper on politicians KARACHI: With about three weeks left for the first-ever meeting of the newly elected National Assembly, the Government of Pakistan is understood to have made a decision to publish a White Paper on former politicians.

The publication of the White Paper, the issuance of which had been a matter of speculation, is expected some time this week. The White Paper will detail the “misdeeds” of former politicians which, in the opinion of Marital Law authorities, had dragged the country to the brink of ruination.

The White Paper, it is learnt, will set out the charges against several politicians under the Elected Bodies Disqualification Order (EBDO). — Staff Correspondent

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