Word: pakistan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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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...
...appropriately named National Day. Cultural Revolutionary China had managed to pick quarrels with no fewer than 32 countries. Among them were Indonesia, Ghana and Tunisia, which broke off diplomatic relations with Peking. In fact, only five foreign governments sent their traditional delegations to National Day: Albania, the Brazzaville Congo, Pakistan, Tanzania and North Viet Nam. Of the 45 nations around the world with which China still maintains diplomatic ties, only one -Egypt-is graced by the presence of a Chinese ambassador at his post...
...Switzerland, Laos, Burma, Indonesia, India, Ceylon, Japan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Malaysia, Italy, Belgium, Finland, Austria. In addition, other locales in Algeria, Rumania, Egypt and Tanzania were mentioned...
...with India in 1965, except for a few Communist Chinese planes and tanks, Ayub feels that the balance of subcontinental power is tilting in favor of India-and remains unconvinced by Russia's claim that India's arsenal is only for use against Red Chinese invaders. Furthermore, Pakistan wants the Soviets to lift their U.N. Security Council veto on discussion of Kashmir, the disputed Indian-held state of largely Moslem complexion. Ayub wants to settle its status by plebiscite, demands at least that the subject of Kashmir head any new Indo-Pakistani negotiations...
Ayub did, however, win some handsome consolation prizes. Kosygin agreed to bankroll Pakistan's first steel mill, a $100 million project in Kalabagh with a capacity of up to a million tons a year. He also offered to provide help on a nuclear power plant at Ruppur in East Pakistan, a radio hookup between Pakistan and Russia, and a fishery development. Most of them planned for completion after 1970, these projects should provide a big boost for Pakistan's next five-year plan, which begins that year. The present one, even though slowed down by the war with...