Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Saturday 7 March 1953, page 1
Martial Law
After
Lahore Riots
( KARACHI, March 6
(A.A.P.).-Martial law was proclaimed in Lahore to-day after three days of
rioting.
Major-General Mohammed Azim Khan, commander of the Tenth Division, has taken command as chief administra-
tor.
Karachi police killed 10 people and wounded 14 when they fired on rioters on Wed-nesday night and early on Thursday.
The Punjab Government announced last night that the situation was tense, but well
in hand.
The rioters were demon-strating against the Ahmadiya sect of Moslems, which inter-prets the Koran in the light of modern times. Many ortho-dox Moslems consider the sect heretical.