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Grievous crime

RAWALPINDI: Investigations carried out by the UN Military Observers in Pal(istan and Bharat confirm that Fazalilahi, a Pal(istani villager of Siall(ot district, was abducted by Bharati soldiers from Pal(istan territory and 1(illed by them on Bharati-held territory, says a Press note issued here today [Nov 13]. The Chief Military Observer has advised General Headquarters Bharat of this violation by their troops. News agencies [As reported by news agencies from Karachi,] Pakistan could only become ‘the great Islamic democracy we want’ if parents gave their utmost attention now to building up the character oftheirchildren and assuring their physical, mental and emotional well-being and security, APWA’s General Secretary, Mrs G Ahmed said.

Spealcing on ‘Children: Our National Treasure’ at a public meeting ... she said we could do more in this way to raise a worthy nation than by sitting idly at home criticising the ills of our society. Mrs Ahmed said Pakistan was spending enormous sums of money importing foreign experts and machinery to improve and exploit the country’s national resources. Yet we had shamefully neglected ‘very greatest treasure children’