PYONGYANG: As a result of the rapport established between President Kim Il Sung and Prime Minister Z.A. Bhutto in the past two days, the two leaders began today [May 23] what a Pakistani spokesman described as “intimate, detailed and in-depth” talks without their aides besides them. For this they travelled about 90 miles away from the capital to … a beautiful health resort. While the two leaders were thus engaged, negotiations were held in the capital itself at various levels — between the Pakistani Ministers and high-ranking officials on the one hand and their Korean counterparts on the other. These exchanges have brightened the prospects of accord for closer bilateral co-operation in educational, economic and technological fields. — Special representative

[Meanwhile, according to a staff reporter in Karachi,] A comprehensive scheme for the mass immunisation of over two lakh school-going children in the City against various communicable diseases was being finalised by the Provincial Health Departments. … The need for mass immunisation was felt essential because of the increasing incidence of typhoid, dysentery … and other gastrointestinal diseases in Karachi.

Published in Dawn, May 24th, 2026