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The intersection above was like this in 1950s, 1960s much cleaner and peaceful.
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Rare Pictures (Post Independence) - Miscellaneous
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Che in Karachi: Yes, that’s the great Marxist revolutionary and legend, Che Ernesto Guevara, standing along side Pakistan’s President Ayub Khan.
RARE picture of Yasir Arafat [Palestine], Mujeeb-Ur-Rehman [Bangladesh], Z.A Bhutto and Col M Qaddafi [Libya] at Shalimar Gardens in Lahore on 23rd February 1974
King Faisal II of Iraq visiting 501 Workshop, Rawalpindi [Early years of Pakistan]
US President Richard Nixon at Taxila on 2nd August 1969
President Chaudary and Prime Minister Bhutto receiving Saudi Arabian King Shah Faisal
RARE picture of Faisal Masjid [under-construction], Islamabad - 1983
Peaceful Karachi in 1970's.
I.I Chundrigar Road and Port Area view from HBL Plaza.
A Rare Picture of Prime Minister Gillani
A Rare picture of the Great Two W's
Rare - Gillani later on contested 1985 elections and became Federal Minister for Housing and Railways in Junejo's Cabinet.
Nawaz Sharif can also be spotted in the picture
Rare - Pervez Musharaf with his wife and child
Altaf Hussain
3 Champion Sportsmen of Pakistan
RARE - All the President's Men at Shakarparian Hills after laying the Foundation stone of Islamabad
A Very Rare Picture - the way General Zia-ul-Haq is receiving Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto says it all
A Rare picture of Altaf Hussain
Rare Picture - Javed Miandad shaking hands with Queen Elizabeth
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A cheque for Rs. 200 drawn on The Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China's branch in Karachi. The cheque is dated 22nd October 1952.
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Indian Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 2 hour Peshawar,Pakistan visit
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Bacha Khan's funeral in Peshawar
Bacha Khan's funeral in Peshawar
In Aug.- Oct 1947, Pakistan first currency bills, had British India & Pakistan printed on the same bills
Crowds line the streets and throw flower petals at the car carrying Jacqueline Kennedy as she arrives in Lahore. That day was declared a national holiday in Pakistan.
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The view from the crowd as the motorcade passes.
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The first lady, in white coat and hat, watches the parade at a horse and cattle fair in Lahore on her first full day in Pakistan.
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Jacqueline Kennedy and President Mohammad Ayub Khan watch the parade. The first lady later complimented Khan on his traditional fur hat, and the president gifted it to her.
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At the end of the ceremonies at the cattle fair, President Khan gifted Mrs. Kennedy this horse, named Sardar. The horse was later transported back to the United States -- skipping quarantine procedures after the first lady asked her husband to intervene on its behalf.
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Jacqueline Kennedy listens to a performance of bagpipers at the Khyber Rifles officers’ mess in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in northwestern Pakistan.
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First lady Jacqueline Kennedy and her sister, Lee Radziwill, meet camel driver Bashir Ahmad. Ahmad had formed a friendship with U.S. Vice President Lyndon Johnson the year before after Johnson stopped to shake the camel driver's hand on his own trip to Pakistan. After Johnson casually invited Bashir to "come see me sometime," Bashir accepted the invitation. He became a media spectacle after he traveled to the United States to meet with Johnson and the Kennedys.
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