KARACHI: `Liaquat Ali Khan lived and died so that Pakistan should live. Such a death suffered in the service of the nation and in furtherance of the high ideals for which Pakistan stands is not death but a conquest of death. It reveals the true secret of immortality, whether of individuals or of nations,` said Mr Ghulam Mohammad, Governor-General of Pakistan, in a broadcast to the nation on Friday [Oct 19]... .

`I am confident that the light of this flame will continue to illumine our path and no adversity will ever quench it. ...` he said. ...

`It is with a heavy heart that I speak to you this evening. Three days ago our beloved leader, Mr Liaquat Ali Khan, fell a martyr to the bullets of an assassin. The Nation is still reeling under the shock of this dastardly act which ... has removed from its midst its sagacious guide and true and devoted servant.

... `It is tragic to think that within four years of its existence Pakistan should have lost first its great founder, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, and then its great architect Liaquat Ali Khan.