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From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1974: Fifty Years Ago: Emergency in BD

DACCA: Troops and para-military Forces moved swiftly into strategic positions in cities and towns today [Dec 28]... Published 29 Dec, 2024 08:43am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1974: Fifty Years Ago: Socialism only path

KARACHI: The Government was making all-out efforts to redeem its pledge to the nation to provide “Roti, Kapra Aur... Published 28 Dec, 2024 08:04am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1949: Seventy-five years ago: New Muslim State

AMSTERDAM: Queen Juliana of the Nether­lands in a businesslike but impressive 31-minute ceremony today [Dec 27]... Published 28 Dec, 2024 08:04am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1949: Seventy-five years ago: ‘Long way to go’

There was no issue of the paper on Dec 27, 1949, on account of a holiday following Quaid-i-Azam’s birthday. The... Published 27 Dec, 2024 07:08am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1974: Fifty Years Ago: Wali Khan’s address

LAHORE: Khan Abdul Wali Khan, President, National Awami Party, declared here today [Dec 22] he would condemn the... Published 23 Dec, 2024 07:19am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1949: Seventy-five years ago: Talks with McNaughton

NEW YORK: General McNaughton, President of the United Nations Security Council, continuing his private talks aimed ... Published 23 Dec, 2024 07:19am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1949: Seventy-five years ago: Stalin’s birthday

MOSCOW: Marshal Josef Stalin is 70 today [Dec 21]. His people’s main Birthday gift to him is a promise to break... Published 22 Dec, 2024 07:08am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1974: Fifty Years Ago: Muslim brotherhood

MECCA: King Faisal has appealed to world Muslims to adhere to their religious beliefs and to strengthen Muslim... Published 22 Dec, 2024 07:08am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1949: Seventy-five years ago: Kashmir talks may end

LAKE SUCCESS: General A.G.L. McNau­ghton, (Canada), who as President of the Security Council is conducting …... Published 21 Dec, 2024 07:13am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1974: Fifty Years Ago: Civil Defence

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Z.A. Bhutto said here today [Dec 20] that ... the nation must always ... keep itself fully... Published 21 Dec, 2024 07:13am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1974: Fifty Years Ago: Services for Islam

KARACHI: The Federal Minister for Reli­gi­o­­us Affairs and leader of the Pakistan Haj de­­legation, Maulana... Published 19 Dec, 2024 08:42am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1974: Fifty Years Ago: Special Courts

ISLAMABAD: The Senate today [Dec 17] completed the first reading of the Suppression of Terrorist Activities (Special... Published 18 Dec, 2024 07:28am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1949: Seventy-five years ago: Talks for Kashmir

LAKE SUCCESS: The United Nations Security Council decided today [Dec 17] that its President, General Andrew... Published 18 Dec, 2024 07:28am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1949: Seventy-five years ago: Grant for NWFP

PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan, broadcasting for the first time from Radio Pakistan, Peshawar, said that... Published 17 Dec, 2024 06:33am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1974: Fifty Years Ago: Baluchistan solution

ISLAMABAD: Reaffirming his Government’s determination to protect Pakistan’s integrity and bring progress, Prime... Published 17 Dec, 2024 06:33am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1974: Fifty Years Ago: People in misery

DACCA: Premier Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today [Dec 15] said inflation, natural calamity and smuggling had brought ... Published 16 Dec, 2024 08:21am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1974: Fifty Years Ago: Iran with Arabs

BEIRUT: Shahanshah Mohammad Reza Pahlevi of Iran today [Dec 12] declared that his country would show solidarity with... Published 13 Dec, 2024 07:16am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1949: Seventy-five years ago: Jerusalem’s status

FLUSHING MEADOW: The United Nations General Assembly tonight [Dec 10] voted in favour of placing Jerusalem under a... Published 11 Dec, 2024 07:29am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1949: Seventy-five years ago: Kashmiris’ will denied

FLUSHING MEADOW: Pakistan today [Dec 6] charged before the United Nations that India was seeking to annex Kashmir... Published 08 Dec, 2024 06:55am

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1974: Fifty Years Ago: Trade restrictions go

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Government today [Dec 7] removed restrictions on trade with India in accordance with the ... Published 08 Dec, 2024 06:55am