From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1972: Fifty Years Ago: Bhutto-Mujib talks.

LONDON -- Premier Edward Heath's offer of London as a possible venue for talks between President Bhutto and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be renewed by Sir Alec Douglas-Home, British Foreign Secretary, when he meets the Bangladesh leader in Dacca tomorrow [June 23]. Sir Alec ... is also expected to plead with Shaikh Mujib to abandon the proposed 'war crimes trials' of Pakistani prisoners of war, including Lt-Gen Niazi, who are in Indian hands and also for better treatment of the beleaguered Biharis in Bangladesh. - Overseas correspondent

[Meanwhile, as reported by a staff reporter in Karachi,] A ruling party member and three members from the Opposition spoke...

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