KARACHI: An enthusiastic concourse of about 100,000 people, filling the Polo Ground, Karachi, greeted his Imperial Majesty the Shahinshah of Iran with a deafening ovation on his arrival in a state-coach-and-six, to review the Ceremonial Parade of the Armed Forces on Friday morning [March 2]. Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan and the three Services Chiefs received the Shahinshah... .
A Royal Salute by the Sovereign`s Guard of Honour drawn from the 14th Punjab Regiment, a march past by a mile long parade and a remarkable performance by massed bands highlighted the ceremony.
Earlier the Shahinshah visited the Quaidi-Azam`s Mazar ... and offered Fateha. The ceremony was brief, solemn and impressive.
The route from the Governor-General`s House to the Quaid-i-Azam`s grave was lined with a dense mass of humanity. ... The crowds ... craned forward to have a good look at the Royal guest.
At 5 p.m. the Shahinshah called on Miss Fatima Jinnah. The President of the Pakistan Constituent Assembly, Mr Tamizuddin Khan, and Deputy Foreign Minister, Dr Mahmud Hussain called on [him] at 6 and 6-30 p.m.
