RAWALPINDI: The fourth UNCTAD conference, which opened in Nairobi today [May 5], must act to reverse the persistent deterioration in the terms of trade of the developing countries and ensure stability in their export earnings, Prime Minister Bhutto has said. In a message to the conference ... he asked as to what hope for prosperity could a country like Pakistan hold out to its people if it has to incur a loss of nearly a billion dollars in a single year due to a decline in its terms of trade. Acknowledging that the ultimate answer rested in our ability to maximise industrialisation to meet our basic requirements, the [PM] said: Here, too, we face external constraints. News agencies [Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies from Lahore,] Pakistan International Airlines today [May 5] introduced a widebodied aircraft on its Lahore-Karachi route to meet the increasing demand of air traffic in the area. The plane, a DC-10, landed at Lahore Airport ... on its first regular flight...

. The airline has been able to operate this bigger plane on this route after it has acquired two ... 747 Jumbo jets on lease from ... TAP, for ... operation on some of the international routes hitherto served by DC-10s.