KARACHI: `The United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan pays homage to the memory of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan`s first Governor-General and indeed, we may say, the father of this country,` said the Chairman of the UNCIP, Mr Robert Macatee, as he laid a wreath of flowers on the Quaid-i-Azam`s grave on Wednesday [Feb 9]... .

... Mr Macatee said: `Last summer ... the Quaid-i-Azam was suffering from a mortal illness, while at the same time he was bearing a tremendous burden during the first critical months of the nation`s life thus the Commission did not have the privilege of meeting him. But we feel that we know him, because his inspiration lives on ... in the ...

nation which he created. ...` Staff correspondent [Meanwhile, according to reports from Dawn`s London Office,] three Hawker Tempests belonging to Pakistan, which were damaged on Christmas eve by Jewish agents when they landed at Rome on their way to Karachi, are still undergoing repairs. Three of these planes, which were seized by `Israeli` agents ... were badly damaged by them before it was discovered that they were imposters.