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xtrerne Contrasts Noted in last, West Pakistan
By JOHN F. BARTON
United Press International
KARACHI, Pakistan (UPD
Oyerhead modern jet planes
skimmed through a cloudless
blue sky while down below on
the parched earth a camel car
avan slowly plodded its way
along traditional routes, ignor
ing the blazing sun.
Wealthy women clad in color
ful flowing saris, their faces
covered only by sunglasses, hur
ried to stores on Elphinstonc I land of extreme contrasts of
and Victoria streets to check
most recent arrival from Euro
pean fashion centers, while
other women, covered from
head to toe and wearing the tra
ditional burqua veils, headed
for local bazaars famous for
their brass ornaments, fakirs,
and snake charmers that re
mind one of this country's an
cient heritage.
Such is Pakistan today, a
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immense wealth and dire pov
erty, education and illiteracy,
modern meth::!s and old cus
toms existing side by side.
Pakistan's population of 100
million makes it the largest
Moslem nation in the world and
sixth most populous on the
globe.
Created in 1947 when the sub
continent was divided between
Hindus and Moslems when the
British left colonial India, Pak
istan is a young nation, proud
possessor of a culture dating
back thousands of years, but
still struggling to sink its inde
pendent political roots.
Born out of intense Hindu
Moslem animosity and commu
nal riots, the country found it
self without any of the major
developed ports on the sub
continent, with all communi
cation and rail lines running to
Delhi, and with its economy
dominated by Indian banks.
Sulit into two parts separated
by more than 1,000 miles of
Indian territory, Indian officials
had few serious objections to
the creation of Pakistan because
they simply didn't believe it
could survive.
West Pakistan, which
stretches 310,504 square miles
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from the shore of the Arabian
Sea, across the a. id deserts of
the sc ".'.west and the s''M
Inuds plain up to historic Khy
ber Pass and the towering snow
capped Himalayan ranges, is
known as the gateway between
the Middle East and Asia.
Because of widespread illiter
acy (8a per cent) and poor
earnings the per capita income
is estimated at about 70 li b.
dollars per year, among the
lowest in the world the aver
age person in West Pakistan
does not take much interest in
politics. He Is content to let the
wealthy people worry about po
litical problems while he con
cerns himself with the more
immediate problem of making
a living.
Karachi, once the capital and
still the home of the foreign
office and embassies, is the in
dustrial center of Pakistan.
Situated on the Arabian Sea,
this sprawling city of 2 million
persons is the nerve center of
the country's economy. From it
stretches Pakistan's economic
lifelines with the outside world
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communications. Not far beyond the city limits
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land save for the lifegiving In
dus River reaches 800 miles
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mountains and Kashmir, the
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Rawalpindi, with its wide
whitewashed streets and well
kept buildings, is the temporary
capital of the country until Isla
mabad, now being constructed
10 miles beyond, is completed.
While n a t u r e's miserliness
with rain and other elements
has been a major problem for
suffers more from nature's ex
West Pakistan, East Pakistan
cesses.
This province, once a part of
Bengal in undivided India,
houses more than half the na
tion's population in its 53,126
square miles, making it one of
the most densely populated
areas in the world.
East Pakistan is drenched
with as much as 133 inches of
rain a year, most of it falling
during the monsoon season
which lasts from May through than half the country's foreign
September. exchange. .
Adding to its woes is the fact
East Pakistan is a fax -rite tar
get for hurricanes, cyclones and
tidal waves which account for
thousands of deaths annually,
as well as destruction of vital
food crops.
Nature's excesses have left
some blessings in their wake,
however, in the form of rich
fields on which grow magnifi
cent forests, tea plantations,
and rice and jute crops.
Despite its smallness, the ag
ricultural products of East Pak
istan in fact account for more
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