GUJRAT: A call was today [Jan 29] given to the people of Pakistan and the Kashmiris everywhere in the world, by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, to observe a one-day strike as a protest against any agreement between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on Kashmir. The [PM] gave the call ... at a mammoth public meeting. ... The [PM] said the strike be held on the Friday following the announcement of such an agreement. If the announcement is made on a Friday, then the strike would be held on the next Friday. He said strike should be held all over Pakistan, Azad Kashmir [and] occupied Kashmir. ...
The [PM] declared ... that Pakistan`s position on the Kashmir dispute remained the same... . He said he had not compromised on the principle of the right of self-determination of Kashmiris even at Simla when the two countries had signed the Simla Agreement.
However improved Pakistan-India relations might be ... there could be no compromise on ... Kashmir. ... He said Sheikh Abdullah had committed mistakes after mistakes, especially when he reached agreement with ... Mr.
Jawaharlal Nehru. Now he was committing the gravest mistake again. News agencies