1971-03-26
By Reuters
Background: PAKISTAN APPEARS TO BE IN THE THROES OF CIVIL WAR, WITH REPORTS COMING IN TODAY(FRIDAY MARCH 26) OF WIDE-SPREAD VIOLENCE AND DEATH IN EAST PAKISTAN AS WEST PAKISTAN TROOPS, SENT IN BY PRESIDENT YAHYA KHAN, CLASH WITH LOCAL TROOPS, POLICE AND CIVILIANS. THE CURRENT TROUBLES ARE COVERED IN OTHER VISNEWS PRODUCTION SERVICED TODAY. MEANWHILE, THE HISTORY OF PAKISTAN, A YOUNG NATION FORMED ONLY 24 YEARS AGO, JUSTIFIES A SEPARATE STORY OF ITS OWN. HENCE, THIS PRODUCTION -- FROM THE VISNEWS FILM LIBRARY -- GIVING THE BACKGROUND TO TODAY'S PROBLEMS.