KARACHI: Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan yesterday [April 10] appealed to the people ... to help create `peaceful and liveable` conditions for ... millions in the ... subcontinent. He emphasised that the minorities question was a `human problem and not a political problem`. ... He [said] that the governments` decision alone would not solve the problem... . `Complete co-operation of the two peoples was essential... .

Complimenting the Pakistan Press for using its influence `generally on the side of good`, the Prime Minister appealed that [this] should continue... . ... Asked if Pakistan and Bharat were closer today than ever before, the Prime Minister replied that ... now ... he saw a desire in Mr Nehru to come closer.

For his part, he had always wanted Pakistan and Bharat to come closer. Questioned why ...

an agreement on ... minorities [took so long], the Prime Minister replied: `Wisdom at last does dawn`... . Staff correspondent [Meanwhile, according to news agencies in Delhi,] ... Mr Jawaharlal Nehru ... was `perfectly satisfied` that Mr Liaquat Ali Khan was going to do his utmost to implement the Agreement... . `His position in Pakistan, I believe, is such that his word goes a long way,` he added.