LAHORE: President Ayub compared parliamentary democracy to a knife made of gold [April 5] and said just as ‘no sane person could stab himself by a knife merely for the lust of its precious metal, in the same way no nation could afford to use a golden knife simply for the sake of its gold’ He said those who spoke of absence of democracy in Pakistan did so to create confusion and then achieve their selfish motives.
The President said had there been no democracy in Pakistan, what was the need for him to be on the move day in and day out meeting people in all nooks and corners of the country and why should he have tolerated the criticism levelled against him by certain quarters. Agencies [Meanwhile, as reported by our correspondent in Thatta,] construction work on ThattaSujawal road bridge across the Indus river is progressing well and there is no truth in the rumour that the Government has decided to go slow in order to divert its funds to other areas.
This was emphatically asserted here by the Executive Engineer, Thatta-Sujawal Bridge Division [April 5].
The Engineer expressed conñdence that the bridge would be completed and opened for trafEcbytheendofl968.
Up to this time, work worth about Rs 12 million has been completed on the bridge project.
This includes about Rs 40 lakh worth of work done on river training jobs.
The right bank approach road has already been completed and the guide banks on that side are expected to be completed by the end of the current financial year, ahead of the scheduled time.
On the left bank side, about 9,000 feet out of 14,000 feet of approach road have been completed, while work on the guide banks on that side will be started soon. Collection of stone material for these jobs on the left bank side is in progress.