BAGHDAD-UL-JADID: Addressing the House of Representatives (Majlis) of Bahawalpur state here yesterday [Dec 18], Khwaja Nazimuddin, the Governor-General of Pakistan, praised the Nawab for associating the people of the state with the administration, and urged the representatives ... to ... raise the standard of living of the common man and to remove ignorance and poverty... .

Referring to the Indo-Pakistan canal waters dispute, the Governor-General appreciated the anxiety of the inhabitants ... as regards the ... water on which their ...

life depended, and said the Government ...

were making all efforts to settle the dispute amicably with India... . He advised the members of the House to eschew personal differences and work together ... to make Bahawalpur `a real asset to Pakistan`.

[Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies in Baghdad,] the coalition Cabinet of Prime Minister Ali Jawdat al-Ayoubi, announced [on Dec 18] the end of martial law imposed throughout Iraq since May 14, 1948. Martial law was declared in Iraq, Egypt, Transjordan, Syria and the Lebanon simultaneously ...

shortly after the proclamation of the `State of Israel` and ... itsrecognitionby[US]President.