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Friendship of Bashir Ahmed Camel Man & American Vice President
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Friendship of Bashir Ahmed Camel Man & American Vice President

Bashir Ahmed; a Camel man from Pakistan had friendship with American Vice President Lyndon Johnson during 1961. They became friends when Johnson visited Pakistan before Bashir's Tour to the US. During a goodwill mission to Karachi, Pakistan in 1961. Then-Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson invited camel man Bashir Ahmed Sarban. Whom Johnson encountered on the side of the road, to visit the United States. Little did anyone expect that Ahmad would take the Vice President up on his offer. What followed was a most unusual state visit as Sarban found himself greeted at the airport by Johnson and a curious press corps. Bashir Ahmed, a Camel Man & Mrs LB Johnson During his week-long stay, Sarban toured New York City, Kansas City (where he met former president Harry S. Truman), and...