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Malaysian Ruler arrives

2024-12-10
RAWALPINDI: Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto tonight [Dec 9] described the current visit of the Paramount Ruler of Malaysia, Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu`adzam Shah as a `great honour to Pakistan`. `Pakistan and Malaysia have old and well-established relations`, the Prime Minister said at a banquet he hosted... . Mr Bhutto spoke briefly before proposing a toast to the health of the Malaysian Ruler and the Queen, to the friendship between the two countries and the `everlasting` prosperity of the Malaysian people. No formal speeches were made... . The Malaysian Ruler proposed a toast to the health of the President ... and Prime Minister ... and to the `continued well-being and happiness` of the people of Pakistan. News agencies [Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies from Peshawar,] two persons sustained serious injuries, in an explosion in the United States Information Centre, situated on the busy Arbab Road in the fashionable Peshawar Saddar area here this evening [Dec 9]. Fire also started inside the library hall of the centre after the explosion, filling the ... building with smoke. ... The explosive was reportedly planted ... in the library hall.