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Transcript: NAWAZ SHARIF PRIME MINISTER OF PAKISTAN NAWAZ SHARIF DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB
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- December 3, 1998
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PRIME MINISTER OF PAKISTAN DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE NATIONAL
PRESS CLUB
DECEMBER 03, 1998
SPEAKERS: NAWAZ SHARIF, PRIME MINISTER OF PAKISTAN
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SHARIF: Thank you very much.
Mr. Fandrahim (ph), ladies and gentlemen.
It is a pleasure to address this distinguished audience. The
National Press Club is a widely respected institution. I have looked
forward
to this occasion because a free press is the flagbearer of democracy.
It was none other than a U.S. president, Thomas Jefferson, who said:
"Our
liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited
without being lost."
To this, I may add that liberty ...