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PARTITION: tape 6 (cont) 255MODEM 255MODEM May 12 07:08 R*
TAPE 6
Side B
MUSHAHID HUSSAIN - head of information for the Pakistan Muslim
League (Nawaz) and exceptionally close to Nawaz Sharif; former
editor, 'Muslim’; interviewed in his home in Is’bad, 26 Sept 1995
15 > absence of Pak left; 'the CPI was one of the earliest
parties, in 1942, to support the right of self-det'n of
the ms of India; this is earlier tham nost religious
Islamic parties in India'
80 > shortcoming in democratic development in Pakistan
135 - differences between PPP and PML
175 > film; until 65 had Indian films in Pak cinemans, and
Indian papers on sale
185 - cultural invasion threat from India 'abs nonsense'
215 - Pak-India relations
232 - [any doubt that partn was right?] 'abs no doubt at all;
not a single iota of doubt; I am one of those who
consider themselves one of the born free generation, cos
I was born after 47; I have been Ind several times, and
whenever I go to Ind and see the cond'n of the I'n Ms I
appreciate my co more than ever; what we have been able
to achieve, despite difficulties ... and despite rel
sectarianism and ethnic conflicts, I think Pak is still
a blessing for the Ms living in this part of the world,
o/wise we wd have been under H domination, H subjugation,
and I feel eternally grateful to the faher of the nation,
QeA, MA Jinnah, for taking the right pol dec'n'
244 - 'it was largely the creation of one man with a few good
people around him ... I think the lives of many of us
living here has been qualitatively diff't'
247 - 'in 47, our parents say they started from scratch with
nothing, and we have managed to achieve a lot, and we
are competing with I and giving them a run for their
money in a no of spheres'
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