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Akali Dal president Harchand Singh Longowal’s call for a massive demonstration at Baba Bakala in Amritsar district evoked poor response as not more than 400 Nihangs gathered there. A Nihang was killed following the police-Nihangs clash at Baba Bakala. Among the senior leaders who assembled at Baba Bakala was Gurcharan Singh Tohra, president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee.
Protest Against Zia
Political rallies and processions are being organised throughout Pakistan and people have been asked not to pay taxes as part of a civil disobedience movement being launched on August 14 against Gen Zia-ul-Haq’s military regime, a prominent Pakistan opposition leader said. Sheikh Mohammad Rashid, chairman of the steering committee of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), told newsmen that time was ripe for the movement.
Congress Dissidence
The Congress (I) high command is watching in utter helplessness the increasing infighting by its leaders in almost all states. The situation is getting out of control so fast that the new method of dissidence management being tried after the recent changes in the AICC (I), has gone haywire. A major decision after the induction of Kamlapati Tripathi and Rajiv Gandhi as AICC (I) office-bearers was that the leaders of the warring factions from states will not be given hearings in New Delhi. Instead, the concerned AICC (I) general secretaries must go to the states to resolve the differences.
UNCTAD Initiatives
UNCTAD VI, viewed as a historic opportunity to promote world economic recovery and development, closed its session with modest results in critical areas of trade, money and finance and commodities. The session adopted a series of resolutions aimed at stabilisation of commodity prices, halting protectionism and increasing the flow of resources to developing countries.
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