[BITList] Vintage Pakistan

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Received from one of my Indian friends
frank
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> Before the bigots, the misogynists, the radicals, the zealots, the 
> mullahs and the looney fringe took over. Let this be a lesson for all 
> of us in India, who yearn for a life the radicals dream of.
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>> *Subject:* *Vintage Pakistan*
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>>> Don't miss seeing:
>>> Barak Obama , Md Ali, Robert De Niro.
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>>> And yes, ladies openly smoking and modelling for advt for 
>>> cigarettes, before strict sharia laws came in!
>>> *​**Cu**​**rrent Pakistani Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif,*
>>> *poses with his car as a young man in late 1960s. *
>>> *A hotel and pub in Karachi’s Malir area*
>>> *Pakistanis and tourists wine and dine at *
>>> *Karachi’s Beach Luxury Hotel in 1969. *
>>> *A 1969 press ad of Pakistan’s Murree Beer*
>>> *A bar, restaurant and ballroom in Swat, 1970.*
>>> *Former Pakistan military dictator, General Yayah Khan having dinner 
>>> with famous Pakistani singer, Noor Jehan in 1969. Yayah was having 
>>> an affair with the popular vocalist and former actress. *
>>> *The cover of a 1967 issue of the National Geographic. It had a 
>>> special photo feature on Pakistan’s tourist resorts, wildlife and 
>>> politics. The cover shows two Pakistani women on a swing. One’s from 
>>> a village in the Punjab (part of West Pakistan) and the other from a 
>>> village in the Bengali-dominated East Pakistan. *
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>>> *A 1975 press ad for one of Pakistan’s largest *
>>> *selling cigarette brand, Red & White.*
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>>> *Western tourists enjoying a few rounds at a restaurant *
>>> *Karachi’s Tariq Road, 1975.*
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>>> *Famous progressive Urdu poet, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, with legendary *
>>> *Indian actor, Dilip Kumar, 1979.*
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>>> *Front page of the (now defunct) Pakistani English daily, The Muslim. *
>>> *It has a photo and story on the Pope’s first ever visit of Pakistan 
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>>> *1981. The Pope held a rally at Karachi’s national Stadium.*
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>>> *Future US President, Barak Obama with a Pakistani friend in Karachi 
>>> in 1982.*
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>>> *Famous American film actor and star, Robert Di Nero (left) during *
>>> *a pleasure trip in Chitral, north Pakistan.*
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>>> *The premier of ‘Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom’ at Karachi’s 
>>> Nishat Cinema, 1984. In 2012, the cinema was burned down by 
>>> religious fanatics. *
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>>> *Legendary boxer, Muhammad Ali, arrives at a college in Lahore 
>>> during his 1988 visit to Pakistan. *
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