US President George W. Bush and President Pervez Musharraf spoke by telephone on Thursday, after authorities nabbed a suspect in the murder of a US reporter, the White House said. "The President spoke with President Musharraf earlier today. They talked about US-Pakistan relations, they discussed the global war on terrorism, and they talked about regional issues," said Bush spokesman Scott McClellan.
The conversation came after police said that security services have arrested a fugitive suspect in the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl during their ongoing raids against extremists.
Hashim Qadeer, arrested in Gujranwala on Wednesday, is said to have introduced the US journalist to British-born Sheikh Omar, who faces the death penalty for Pearl's grisly 2002 murder.
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