Pakistan, Partition and The Present, Part Two

The Documentary Podcast

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Society & Culture, Documentary

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Has Pakistan has lived up to the vision of its founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah - to create a unified national identity for the country with Islam as the great unifying factor? Pakistan was founded as a homeland for the Muslims of the Indian sub-continent, but religion, nationality and gender have caused faultlines in the region.

For women, Pakistan is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to live in and yet it has also spawned a thriving women’s rights movement with thousands of activists such as Tanveer Jahan, “Societal transformation,” she says, “is a very, very long struggle”. (Photo: Presenter Shahzeb Jillani standing outside in front of a mosque, Pakistan)

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0:00.0	Thank you for downloading this podcast from the BBC World Service. My name's Tim
0:05.8	Mansell. I'm the producer of this program. This is the second program of two that I
0:10.9	made with Shazebjalani in Pakistan. We recorded most of this in the cities of
0:17.1	Karachi and Lahore, but you're also going to hear from Quetta in Baluchistan and that's a place that's become very difficult for
0:26.5	journalists to work in nowadays. I hope you enjoy the program.
0:42.5	Citizens of Pakistan, it is with feelings of greatest happiness and emotion that I send you my greetings
0:46.2	Mohammed Ali Jina was the founder of Pakistan and he's buried in the city of Karachi
0:51.5	August 15th is the birthday of the independent and sovereign state of Pakistan.
1:00.0	It marks the fulfillment of the destiny of the Muslim nation which has made great sacrifices in the past few years to have it homeland. In front of me is his mausoleum.
1:17.0	It's built in the 60s.
1:21.0	It's a marble structure, very elegant and iconic symbol of Karachi.
1:27.0	It's a busy Sunday. It's bustling with people. There are tea stalls, the food being sold, there are balloons. I see a lot of
1:35.7	young men and women, families visiting. They come here for a nice day out and about and
1:41.4	to pay respect to my mother-in-law.
1:44.0	I am Shazep Jalani and in this second program on the foundation of my homeland for the
1:51.0	BBC World Service I'm going to be looking at the fort lines
1:54.8	that divide this nation today. Those of religion, nationality and gender and
2:00.7	and asking whether the Pakistan of today is the country its founder
2:04.6	Mahmadalijina intended. Welcome to part two of Pakistan, partition and the
2:10.3	present.
2:11.3	So I'm with a group of young people, some of them live in Karachi, others are visiting.
2:17.3	Why are you here?
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