RAWALPINDI: The Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, Mr. Lu Wei-chao, and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Aziz Ahmed, expressed the ... view here tonight [Nov 3] that `the peoples of China and Pakistan are friends sharing weals and woe`. They said that `our friendship has been developed and consolidated in our common struggle against hegemonism and expansionism and has stood the test of time and nobody can undermine it`. They were speaking at a dinner hosted by the Chinese Ambassador for [a] Chinese delegation. Mr. Aziz Ahmed ... said that Pak-Chinese friendship had been further consolidated. News agencies [Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies from Lahore,] Maulana Syed Abul Ala Maudoodi, founder of the Jamaat-i-Islami, has called upon ulema to create awareness among the people about the forces undermining Islam and urged them to put up strong resistance against them. Addressing a meeting ... at the Jamaat headquarters ... he said leadership of public opinion was found among affluent sections of society and the circles of ulema.

The latter could give a new sense of direction to the people if they fully discharge their duties in the light of Islamic injunctions.