ASSASSINATION IN PAKISTAN

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26813, 19 August 1952, Page 7

ASSASSINATION IN PAKISTAN

Inquiry Into Death Of

Prime Minister

o KARACHI, August 17. Said Akbar, assassin of the Pakistan Prime Minister, Mr Liaquat Ali Khan, last October, may well have been the topi of some clever third party,, the Pakistan Government Commission of Inquiry into the assassination announced to-day. The announcement stated that it had not been possible to establish whether Akbar had acted as an individual or as an agent of a conspiracy. Mr Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated as he was addressing a Moslem League meeting at Rawalpindi. His assassin was torn to pieces by the crowd. Large sums of money were found on the assassin’s body and in his home.

“Known facts and documents tend to suggest that Said Akbar was the conscious or unconscious tool of some clever third party, and there is evidence that he had some mysterious contacts.” said the announcement ‘/From police investigations there are indications of three conspiracies, two of which may be connected with each other. But so far no connecting link between these conspiracies and Said Akbar has been discovered.’’

The commission said that particulars of the conspiracies would not be disclosed in the nublic interest. The report added: “There is no evidence that Said Akbar had any strong political activities, or that he belonged to any political party.”

EMERGENCY IN SARAWAK

SINGAPORE, August 17. General Sir Robert Lockhart, Deputy Director of Operations in Malaya, flew to Kuching to-day to advise the Sarawak Government on measures to be taken in combating the guerrilla outbreak in that colony. General Lockhart, who is accompanied by two senior officers of the Federation Police, is right-hand man in military matters to the High Commissioner for Malaya (General Sir Gerald Templer). SOUVENIR MEDALS FOR CORONATION LONDON. August 17. Six plaster casts of the Queen’s head in profile have been approved by the Coronation Medals Panel for reproduction as souvenir medals for schoolchildren and others. They were selected from 40 submitted by designers throughout the country. Five are crowned and one uncrowned. These designs are for unofficial medals for commercial use and have nothing to do with the official Coronation Medal, which is the concern of the Royal Mint. Details of this have not yet been announced. BASIC WAGE IN AUSTRALIA •Rec. 9 p.m.) MELBOURNE, August 18. Employers in four more industries to-day joined in the Arbitration Court proceedings to reduce the basic wage in their awards and to increase the working week. Employers directed summonses against the Furnishing Trades Society, the Transport Workers’Union the Australian Timber Workers’ Union, and the Federated Enginedrivers’ and Firemen’s Association. The summonses are returnable on October 6 and are similar to . the applications already lodged by the metal trades and other employers. The Court to-morrow will hear the employers' application to suspend the November and February automatic basic wage adjustments.