KARACHI: Maulana Fazlul Hasan Hasrat Mohani, passed away at Lucknow on Sunday [May 13] afternoon. Born 75 years ago in Mohan, [he] was one of the leading luminaries in Indian politics and Urdu literature. A … fighter against the was foreign yoke, the Maulana was the first Indian leader to table a resolution before the Indian National Cong­ress demanding complete independence. He was the President of Khilafat Committee in 1923 and President of Muslim League in 1924. The Maulana courted arrest several times under British rule. At the time of his death he was a member of the UP Legislative Assembly and a member of the Indian Constituent Assembly. — News agencies

[Meanwhile, according to news agencies in Teheran,] Iranian Prime Minister Dr Mohammad Mossadeq today [May 13] told the Iranian Parliament that fanatics were threatening his life and asked for its permission to come and live in the Parliament House. Then he fell on the floor … and fainted. Half a dozen ran forward and picked up the … 70-year-old Premier, who has led the Parliamentary movement for the nationalisation of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company… .

Published in Dawn, May 14th, 2026