Pakistan - Support for nuclear testing

(31 May 1998) T/I: 10:06:53


Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was given a hero's welcome at a massive rally in Lahore on Saturday (30/5) after the completion of another nuclear test earlier in the day. The crowd chanted its approval of the government's decision to proceed with a reported five nuclear explosions on Thursday and a sixth on Saturday following two days of nuclear tests in India the previous week. In Islamabad on Sunday morning, newspapers were headlined with news of the latest test and the editorials were strongly in favour of it. Pakistanis on the street voiced their approval of the nuclear test series.

SHOWS:

LAHORE, PAKISTAN. 30/5
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawar Sharif attending night-time rally;
SOT Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (in Urdu), saying that when he was a student in Lahore, India's attack on Pakistan at the time taught him the meaning of war and its implications; that the people of Lahore were famed for their bravery and not scared by jets that used to fly overhead at that time, and that he wants to count on the people of Lahore being supportive of his policies;
VS cheering audience,
Sharif talking at microphone,
Cheering people;
WS Indian flag being shot at and set alight,
WS crowd cheering,
Young boys dancing at rally,
Man with mask depicting Indian Prime Minister,
VS cheering people,
Fireworks;

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN 31/05.
WS street,
VS newspaper vendors,
VS newspaper headlines;
VOXPOP, man on street (in English): "I think it's very good news for all public and very compulsory";
VOXPOP, man, (in English): "As you know this is the series of blasts and now we have completed our blasts and we have showed we are very powerful in nuclear weapons and technology."
VOXPOP, young man (in English): "I think it's very good because it was a necessity, because India is our biggest enemy. There was no option really for us. I know that Israel, Jerusalem and India were trying to attack us - they had their aircraft in the air and we had no defence."
VS rally in streets by members of Kashmir Moslem Conference party in support of testing.

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