Reform initiative runs out of steam

Pakistan faced a fresh crisis when Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated on October 16, 1951 at a public meeting in Rawalpindi. Happening three years after the death of the country's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the assassination created a sudden vacuum in the national leadership in the sense that after Jinnah and Liaquat, hardly any politician of similar stature was around. A curious development then took place. Khwaja Nazimuddin, who had been governor general since Jinnah's death, quickly took over as prime minister in succession to Liaquat. The finance minister, Ghulam Mohammad, became the new governor general.

Five months after India and Bangladesh failed to ink Teesta water-sharing deal, the two neighbours yesterday resumed efforts for revisiting the proposed treaty as officials of both sides exchanged data on water flow of the common river.

At least two people were shot dead and 25 others injured in a clash between two groups in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar yesterday afternoon over control of Nandarani Tea Garden.

Nine British nationals of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin who plotted to bomb London Stock Exchange and build a terrorist training camp have been jailed.

Hathazari upazila administration in Chittagong yesterday afternoon imposed Section-144 following clashes between two groups of locals over a trivial matter.