PAKISTAN: PAKISTAN PEOPLE'S PARTY HOLDS ELECTION CAMPAIGN -- FIRST PUBLIC MEETING SINCE PRESIDENT YAHYA'S NINE-MONTH BAN WAS LIFTED ON 1 JANUARY

Record ID: 347432

  • Title: PAKISTAN: PAKISTAN PEOPLE'S PARTY HOLDS ELECTION CAMPAIGN -- FIRST PUBLIC MEETING SINCE PRESIDENT YAHYA'S NINE-MONTH BAN WAS LIFTED ON 1 JANUARY
  • Date: 5th January 1970
  • Summary: 1. GV CROWDS WITH BANNERS GATHERED AT MEETING PLACE 0.08 2. SV PLACARD TILT DOWN TO CAMEL 0.13 3. LV BHUTTO OUT OF CAR AND GREETED BY CROWD 0.19 4. GTV SKIRMISHES BREAKING OUT IN CROWD 0.25 5. SV BHUTTO ON ROSTRUM PAN TO MIRAJ MOHAMMAD SPEAKING 0.40 6. GV CROWD APPLAUD 0.43 7. LV & SV BHUTTO ADDRESSING CROWD 0.57 8. S
  • Embargoed: 20th January 1970 13:00
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  • Location: KARACHI, PAKISTAN
  • Country: Pakistan
  • Reuters ID: LVAVTUIXOJHT4G5GAB5UDVWNTF5
  • Story Text: MR. Z.A. BHUTTO'S PAKISTAN PEOPLE'S PARTY HELD AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN MEETING IN KARACHI ON SUNDAY (4 JANUARY) -- THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING IN THE COUNTRY SINCE PRESIDENT YAHYA LIFTED, AT MIDNIGHT ON 31 DECEMBER, THE BAN THAT HE IMPOSED ON SUCH GATHERINGS IN MARCH LAST YEAR.

    PRESIDENT YAHYA, THE ARMY COMMANDER, BANNED ALL POLITICAL ACTIVITY WHEN HE CAME TO POWER ON THE FALL OF PRESIDENT AYUB KHAN FOLLOWING NATIONWIDE RIOTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS.

    POLITICAL PARTIES ARE NOW ALLOWED TO START CAMPAIGNING AND THE PRESIDENT HAS PROMISED A GENERAL ELECTION ON 5 OCTOBER. THE COMMUNIST PARTY, BANNED 15 YEARS AGO, REMAINS SUPPRESSED BUT PRESIDENT YAHYA HAS SAID THAT THE PARLIAMENT ELECTED IN OCTOBER COULD DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO LIFT THIS BAN.

    THE PAKISTAN PEOPLE'S PARTY HELD ITS MEETING IN NISHTAR PARK AND WAS ATTENDED BY BOTH SUPPORTERS OF THE PARTY AND MEMBERS OF THE LEFT-WING NATIONAL AWAMI PARTY, WHO DEMONSTRATED AGAINST THE PPP. THE MEETING WAS ADDRESSED BY MR. BHUTTO, THE PPP's CHAIRMAN, AND ANOTHER PARTY LEADER, MR. MIRAJ MOHAMMAD.

    PAKISTAN IS NOW ALIVE WITH POLITICAL ACTIVITY IN ANTICIPATION OF THE PROMISED ELECTION.
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