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Goondas and Tractors. They began in Karachi last month, when students demonstrated for lower fees, better accommodations, and the lowering of the passing mark from 50% to 45%. Later goondas, or hooligans, joined in, and the demonstrators turned violent, burning buses and cars. By last week, the riots had spread through West Pakistan, causing four deaths and 70 arrests. The protesters echoed Bhutto's charges that Ayub's government is undemocratic and corrupt. Bhutto in turn helped fuel the riots. In the midst of the demonstrations, he set out on a whistle-stop tour from Peshawar to Lahore...
Married. Crown Prince Hassan ibn Talal of Jordan, 20, youngest brother of King Hussein; and Princess Sarvath, 21, daughter of Pakistan's late commissioner to Great Britain; in a Moslem ceremony; in Karachi. Among the 100 guests were Hussein and Pakistani President Ayub Khan...
Died. Altaf Husain, 68, editor from 1945 to 1965 of Dawn, Pakistan's biggest English-language daily; of a heart attack; in Karachi. A longtime friend of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan, Husain was a neutralist in foreign affairs, in recent years had much to do with Pakistan's shift from the West towards stronger ties with Communist China and the Soviet Union...
Fourteen years ago, Munir Abu-Haidar founded Trans-Mediterranean Airways as a creaky charter service linking Beirut with neighboring wastelands where oil was being scouted. Today the line flies not only to England and the European Continent, but also to Bombay, Karachi, Tokyo and Taipei. Last year its planes logged 34 million ton-miles, 41% more than the previous year. Last week Abu-Haidar was negotiating for the lease of two 707 jets, with which he hopes to increase his ton-mileage to 50 million...
Intercontinental for Keeps. Fundikira is "proud that we have been setting the airline pace for the rest of black Africa," and now he is stepping it up. The international operations, which already include service to London, Paris, Rome, Bombay, Karachi and Aden, have just been expanded with flights to Athens. And after its fourth VC-10 arrives this year, E.A.A. will move on to Bangkok, then to Hong Kong, Denmark, Belgium and Switzerland...