PESHAWAR: The NWFP Government today [April 2] announced that most of the accused involved in the assassination of Mr Hayat Mohammad Khan Sherpao have been apprehended... . An official handout … said that three persons — Mr Nisar Mohammad Khan of Gulabad, a former PPP leader, Mr Asfandyar Wali and Mian Ahmed Farooq, both of the defunct NAP — had confessed to have planned and executed the scheme to murder Mr Sherpao. Meanwhile, it was officially stated that the investigation into the assassination … have been completed and the case would soon be presented to a court of law for trial. … The handout said the motivation behind the assassination … appeared to be political differences. — News agencies

[Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies from Beirut,] Israeli Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin … said his Government was keeping three options open — renewed war with Arabs, an interim agreement, or the Geneva conference. He said Israel wanted to negotiate “from a position of strength”. Speaking in an interview … Mr. Rabin said his Government would not deviate “by one degree” from the course it followed in negotiations with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

Published in Dawn, April 3rd, 2025