KARACHI: Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan gave Pal(istan a clenched fist as its national symbol while addressing a Defence Day crowd of 150,000 persons assembled before his residence ... on Friday [July 27].

Declaring that `as long as the world exists, Pakistan shall also exist` he said: `If ... our enemies are cherishing a hope that eight crore Pal(istanis would surrender to aggression ... it is their wishful thinl(ing.

The Defence Day ... was observed with .

enthusiasm. All marl(ets remained closed and special prayers for the preservation of the country`s independence were offered .

after Juma prayers. Staff correspondent [Meanwhile, according to news agencies in Teheran,] The influential Iranian divine, Sayid Abol Qassem Ayatullah Kashani, has told Pandit Nehru that he `deeply deplored`, as nothing short of a deñnite disaster, the existence of differences between Pakistan and Bharat... . He said in a cable to the Bharati Prime Minister that `it was least expected` of the disciples of Mr Gandhi, that they should resort to force against Pakistan... . He said by doing this they were reducing to `nought` the fruits of Mr Gandhi`s relentless struggle.