ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Z.A. Bhutto has ordered the Pakistan Ambassador in Moscow to hold an inquiry into an allegation that poet Ahmed Faraz, who is ... an official in the Pakistan National Centre, has made sacrilegious remarks. Information Minister, Mr Mohammad Hanif Khan, told the House that as soon as the Prime Minister was informed about this allegation he ... ordered the inquiry and action would be taken if the allegation was found correct. Some Opposition members … had made the allegation… . — News agencies

[Meanwhile, according to news agencies in Islamabad,] Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto has congratulated Prime Minister Phan Van Dong on the reunification of Vietnam and expressed the hope that a reunified Vietnam would make a significant contribution for maintenance of peace ... in the region. In a message … Mr Bhutto said: “On behalf of the people and Government of Pakistan ... I extend my warmest congratulations to you on the historic announcement proclaiming the reunification of Vietnam. … I am confident also that the ties of friendship between our two peoples will continue to be strengthened… .”

Published in Dawn, June 26th, 2026