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Where's Pakistan? Mandela asked Pak journo; India helped him place it on mental map

Summary by India Today
When Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir met then-South African President Nelson Mandela in 1995, the anti-Apartheid icon asked, "Where is Pakistan?" Mir, speaking in a podcast, revealed, he then used India to help Mandela place Pakistan on his mental map during the interview in New Zealand.

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The anecdote of a meeting of 1995 is in the news again these days. In a recent conversation, senior Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir narrated the experience of his interview with the then President of South Africa Nelson Mandela. According to Meer, when he told Mandela that he was from Pakistan, Mandela asked him [...] This article 'Where is Pakistan? ' Hamid Mir stuck on Mandela's question, the location found after taking the name of India has fi…

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India Today broke the news in Noida, India on Thursday, September 24, 2026.
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