KARACHI: Pakistan has accepted in principle the Indian proposal for referring the inter-Dominion canal water dispute to an experts` commission, it is reliably understood. The Government of Pakistan are, however, believed to have suggested to the Government of India that if the commission failed to find ... a solution acceptable to the parties concerned the dispute be referred to the International Court of Justice. ...
[Meanwhile in Lahore,] a steady flow of Muslims from India into Pakistan is indicated by figures supplied by the Pakistan High Commissioner in India ... about the issue of permanent and temporary permits.
From October 1948 to October 31, 1949 ...
about 2,50,000 permits were issued to Muslims coming to Pakistan.
[As per reports from Rawalpindi,] a big gang engaged in printing forged Pakistan currency notes has been caught by the Rawalpindi Police. Seven persons have so far been arrested and many more arrests are expected. Besides a printing machine and blocks of Rs 100 and Rs 10 notes, two blocks of Mr Ghulam Mohammad`s signatures and numbering machines have also been recovered. News agencies