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Whats this?
Gautam Buddha leaving his home
Re: Pakistan - A History in photographs
Its interesting how newspapers of West Pakistan have taken the news, if you see Mujeeb’s news is secondary. It seems as if Bhutto has comprehensively won the elections.
Re: Pakistan - A History in photographs
Gautam Buddha leaving his home
transporting Buddha to the museum?
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transporting Buddha to the museum?
No its a portrayal of Buddha leaving his palace in search of Nirvana
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Interestingly, it was this same newspaper ‘Azad’ , which allegedly misreported Bhutto’s slogan ‘Idhar Hum, Udhar Tum’.
Khalid Hasan writes about the charges levelled against Z.A. Bhutto about his role in the crisis of 1971 which resulted in the emergence of Bangladesh
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**A charge against Bhutto that does not go away is that had he not declared at a Nishtar Park Karachi public meeting, addressing Mujibur Rehman, “Uddhar tum, iddhar hum.” (You stay there, we stay here), Pakistan would have remained united. These words are said to have set the seal on Pakistan’s dismemberment. The truth is that these words were never said by Bhutto. It was Abbas Athar, news editor of the Lahore Urdu daily Azad, who ran the Bhutto speech under this brilliant though misleading headline.
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Abbas Athar was a past master at thinking up such startling headlines. This famous headline appeared in Azad on March 15, 1971. What Bhutto had said was, “If power is to be transferred to the people before a constitutional settlement, then it is only fair that in East Pakistan, it should go to the Awami League and in the West to the Pakistan People’s Party, because while the former is the majority party in that wing, we have been returned by the people of this side.”
Re: Pakistan - A History in photographs
Abbas Athar was a past master at thinking up such startling headlines. This famous headline appeared in Azad on March 15, 1971. What Bhutto had said was, “If power is to be transferred to the people before a constitutional settlement, then it is only fair that in East Pakistan, it should go to the Awami League and in the West to the Pakistan People’s Party, because while the former is the majority party in that wing, we have been returned by the people of this side.”
How could the country have been run by two different parties?
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How could the country have been run by two different parties?
Like different parties ruling different provinces today. They should have understood provincial autonomy in real sense from the first day. Things like One-Unit were disaster in many ways to lead incidents like fall of Dhaka
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Like different parties ruling different provinces today. They should have understood provincial autonomy in real sense from the first day. Things like One-Unit were disaster in many ways to lead incidents like fall of Dhaka
I agree, but still there would have been some federal authority on top of any provincial setup.
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That could have been worked out. Powerful provinces would have empowered Pakistan as a whole.
Bhutto Visits Sheik Mujeeb in Dhaka (1974)
An unprecedented scene took place when huge number of people came down to the streets of Dhaka to greet Bhutto Sahib. It all happened within two and half years from the day Bangladesh came into being. The people of Bangladesh in general blamed ZAB for the tragedy of 1971. The then Bangladesh Govt was taken aback by that and on the day of Bhutto Sahib’s departure, the security forces didn’t allow anyone to stand on the roadsides.
Bhutto remarked on coming back that there was a curfew like situation when he was there. 
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Elsa Kazi doing paitning. She was a german lady, who got married to Sindh University’s VC Allama I I Kazi. She wrote many books including translation of Shah Jo Risalo in English.
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A newspaper clipping (from Pakistan’s daily, ‘Morning News’) with a report on how Pakistani pop fans gate-crashed their way into a bar at the Karachi Airport where the famous pop band The Beatles were having a drink. They had arrived in Karachi (1963) to get a connecting flight to Hong Kong. Between the 1960s and late 1970s the Karachi Airport was one of the busiest in the region.
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A 1964 PIA press ad featuring famous Hollywood comedian and actor Bob Hope.
PIA was one of the first airlines in the world to introduce in-flight entertainment. It regularly featured in all the prestigious top-10-airline lists for over 20 years, before dropping out in the mid-1980s.
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A modern ‘rail car’ made in Pakistan with the collaboration of Japanese engineers parked at the Lahore Railway Station in 1964. Popular with travellers wanting to move rapidly between cities, the car were commissioned out of service in the 1980s.
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PIA press ad, 1965: This 1965 PIA ad (published in Dawn) bares claims that one can’t even imagine PIA to make in this day and age.
When this ad appeared in print, PIA was enjoying rapid growth within and outside Pakistan. It had already been noted for having ‘the most stylishly dressed air hostesses’, great service, a widespread route and, ahem, ‘having a generous and tasteful selection of wines, whiskeys and beers’ on offer.’*
*Serving alcoholic drinks on PIA was banned in April 1977.
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A press ad in a Pakistani magazine announcing the launch of Canadian Club Whiskey in Pakistan (early 1960s). The whiskey was first made available at Karachi’s horse racing and polo club (Race Course) and then introduced in the city’s many bars.
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A 1965 vinyl recording of the song ‘Karachi’ written and performed by popular American jazz ensemble, Maurice Miller Trio
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