Advani due on May 30

The leader of the India's BJP parliamentary party, Lal Krishna Advani, arrives in Pakistan as guest of the government on May 30. Confirming this, a foreign office spokesman said here on Monday that Advani is arriving in response to an invitation from foreign minister Khurshid M. Kasuri. His programme in the federal capital includes calls on President Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, National Assembly speaker, Senate chairman and also the foreign minister. Although the spokesman did not say so, Advani is likely to visit Karachi and some other places in Sindh where he was born before independence.