(26 Aug 2001)
1. Wide shot of New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, flanked by parade leaders, releasing balloons to signal start of parade
2. Wide shot of parade starting
3. Mid shot leaders at head of parade
4. Wide shot of parade
5. Wide shot of parade
6. Close up of Doctor Maleeha Lodhi, Ambassador of Pakistan to the U-S addressing crowd
7. Wide shot of crowd in front of podium
8. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Doctor Maleeha Lodhi, Ambassador of Pakistan to the U-S:
"We are now trying to re-engage. The new administration under President Bush is re-engaged with Pakistan and we're trying to mend the relationship. There are strengths in the relationship, there are problems in the relationship, but the good news is that relations are back on track. We are re-defining and re-structuring them for the new century and for the fact that we now live in a post-Cold War period. So I think re-engagement is always better for all nations."
9. Wide shot of parade
10. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Doctor Maleeha Lodhi, Ambassador of Pakistan to the U-S:
"We have always seen our expatriate community - not just in the United States, in New York, but everywhere in the world - as an enormous resource that contributes directly and indirectly to Pakistan's economy. They send, for example, remittances to Pakistan. Our foreign exchange reserves are still precariously poised, so any foreign exchange coming into Pakistan is a great help. They also invest in Pakistan and help their less privileged brothers and sisters with social projects. So, for that we're always thankful to the community because we feel that their hearts still beat with the land of their birth. But at the same time, we also would like the community to be more politically involved here, to become part of the political process, as other communities have become, and also to contribute more, as they have done, to their land of adoption. I think the Pakistani-American community has contributed to the dynamism of the American economy in so many different ways."
11. Mid shot of spectators along parade route
12. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Parvez Mahmood, Chairman of Pakistan Day Parade
"New York is a place where - actually, this is the biggest get-together in the world, after Pakistan. So New York definitely has tremendous importance for us. We are in number here, tremendous numbers and everybody comes out, and New York accommodates everybody. So we have feelings for New York too. New York accommodates us and we celebrate our function here."
13. Wide shot of Mayor Giuliani speaking to reporters
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rudolph Giuliani, Mayor of New York City
"They are very - they're represented in all of our professions, they're very hard-working, they're entrepreneurial people who understand what America is all about, and how you have to take care of your children and educate them and work hard. They possess all the values that make for tremendous success in America."
15. Tilt down from Empire State Building to parade
16. Wide shot of float passing from "Bronx Pakistani American Community" with young people dancing
17. Close up of woman watching parade
18. Wide shot of band and onlookers
STORYLINE:
New York's Pakistani community celebrated the Seventeenth Annual Pakistani Day Parade on Sunday with Pakistan's Ambassador to the U-S, Mayor Giuliani, and other dignitaries taking part in festivities.
The day commemorates Pakistan's 54-th year of Independence.
Crowds lined the parade route from East 41-st Street to East 23-rd Street along Manhattan's famous Madison Avenue.
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