Saad Zaghlul honoured in Cairo

4th June 1926, A grand luncheon was held yesterday at Cairo’s Continental-Savoy Hotel in honour of Saad Zaghlul Pasha. The historic gathering celebrated the Wafd Party’s recent electoral triumph amidst a widening constitutional deadlock. Speakers urged Zaghlul Pasha to decline the premiership to safeguard the national coalition, tipping Adly Pasha for the Cabinet instead.