LARKANA: The Shahanshah of Iran and Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto discussed the international situation with special reference to this region and the Middle East at their first round of talks here this evening [Feb 25]. The two-hour talks began at Al-Murtaza, the Prime Minister`s residence, soon after the Iranian monarch`s arrival on a three-day visit. An official source described the atmosphere at the talks as `informal, relaxed and intimate`. News agencies [Meanwhile, according to news agencies in held Jammu,] Sheikh Abdullah took charge of the Government in occupied Kashmir today [Feb 25] ... amid tight security and violent demonstrations. In a half-hour ceremony on the lawns of the ... former Maharaja`s Palace, Abdullah regained the position he held from 1948 to August 1953, when he was deposed by the Indian Government on charges of plotting Kashmir`s secession.

The major difference being that he is now called Chief Minister instead of Prime Minister and he no longer is demanding a plebiscite to determine the future of the Himalayan state. Thousands of ... Policemen, including Sikhs and Gurkhas brought in from neighbouring Indian states, guarded this city... .