KARACHI: A milling, happy, crowd gave a rousing reception to Prime Minister and Begum Liaquat Ali Khan at the Karachi Airport ... on their return from their State visits to the USA and Canada early on Thursday ... (July 13). The League President, Chaudhri Khaliquzzaman, welcoming the Prime Minister home, declared that the nation was proud of his achievements in cementing the bonds of friendship with the USA and Canada. The address was in Urdu.

Speaking for the first time on Pakistan`s stand on the Korean war, he gave his wholehearted support to the Prime Minister`s decision to back the Security Council. ... He hoped that in future the Security Council will act with greater speed and take quicker decisions to safeguard world peace. He said the reason why he did not `hesitate a minute` in accepting the Security Council resolution was that the firm decision taken raised a hope that the Council which was degenerating into a debating society could still swing into action to maintain world peace. If aggression was once allowed, the freedom and independence of small nations would be in danger. He declared: `We are a peace loving nation and want international peace. ...