There was no issue of the paper on Sept 12, 1976, on account of the Quaid’s death anniversary. The excerpt below is taken from the previous day’s edition.

ISLAMABAD: President Fazal Elahi Chaudhry drove to the Chinese Embassy here today [Sept 10] to sign the condolence book on the demise of Chairman Mao Tsetung, writing that … “we cannot forget” the special affection the departed Chinese leader had for Pakistan and its people. … Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto … wrote in the condolence book … that Chairman Mao Tsetung always held the welfare and progress of the people of Pakistan close to his heart. His contribution to … Sino-Pakistan friendship will always remain enshrined in our memories.

[Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies from Belgrade,] … 176 people were killed today [Sept 10] when a chartered Yugoslav DC-9 airliner and a British Airways Trident collided at 3,000 feet … over the … Yugoslav town of Verbovec, and plunged to earth. … Town residents told the first rescue teams that debris rained across several miles of fields after a huge explosion… .

Published in Dawn, September 12th, 2026