ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Government today [April 19] lodged a strong protest with the Indian Government against the attack by armed Indian personnel supported by artillery fire on a Pakistani border post three miles north of Kasba, between Comilla and Brahmanbaria …
A protest Note, handed over to the Indian High Commission here this morning warned the Indian Government that the incident constituted an intrusion into Pakistan’s territory and asked it to “take necessary measures to ensure that such incidents do no occur again.”
[Meanwhile, as reported by agencies in Dacca,] Reports from across the border show that India has set up more supply centres in Tripura state to help the Indian infiltrators and anti-State elements in the eastern region of East Pakistan.
DACCA: East Pakistan Governor and Martial Law Administrator, Zone ‘B’, Lt-Gen Tikka Khan today [April 18] appealed to the well wishers of the nation in East Wing to come forward, join others and do their duty in repairing the damages done to the nation. In a speech broadcast over Radio Pakistan tonight, he said all those who wish Pakistan well need have no fears in performing their duty. Gen. Tikka Khan told the people … the Armed Forces and other law and order forces were determined to destroy infiltrators, miscreants and anti-social elements.
[Meanwhile, as reported by agencies in Dacca,] The Pakistan Troops secured Brahmanbaria and Akhaura in Comilla sector and Meherpur in the Kushtia region in East Pakistan. The troops entered Brahmanbaria without meeting any resistance. This disproves the Indian claim that Brahmanbaria is the stronghold of anti-State elements. The absence of any resistance in Chuadanga . also confirmed that New Delhi Radio had all along been concocting s