LONDON: Britain today [June 8] began giving assurances to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh that the Government is anxious to ease racial tensions, informed sources said. Mr. B.C. Nehru, Indian High Commissioner in London, called on Mr. Evan Luard, a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State … this morning to discuss race relations. The British Minister was also having talks later today with the Pakistan Ambassador here, Mian Mumtaz Daultana. … Last week there have been several angry clashes between White and Asian immigrant groups in Southall, South-West London. Mr. Luard was reassuring the envoys that the Government was concerned about the racial tensions and conscious of the worry felt by the foreign Governments.
[Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies from Cairo,] King Khalid of Saudi Arabia urged all Arabs yesterday [June 7] to work for ending the Lebanon civil war, warning that the “fire of this raging sedition” would spread to every Arab country unless it was extinguished soon. In a broadcast over Saudi radio, King Khalid said: “All Arab brothers should work to end the bloodshed in Lebanon, should exercise patience, and be guided by reason and wisdom. …”
Published in Dawn, June 9th, 2026