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Friday, Nov 05, 2004

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`Help restore democracy in Pakistan'

By B. Muralidhar Reddy

ISLAMABAD, NOV. 4. The Pakistani President, Pervez Musharraf, and the Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, have congratulated Mr. Bush and said bilateral relations would further strengthen during his second tenure even as the Opposition parties expressed the hope that Washington would show greater concern towards restoration of "genuine democracy" in the country. Gen. Musharraf and Mr. Aziz said Mr. Bush's re-election would also help promote U.S. relations with the region resulting in peace.

The Secretary-General Pakistan Muslim League and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mushahid Hussain Syed, has said the two nations have developed good relations vis-à-vis war on terror. He said there existed good understanding between Gen. Musharraf and Mr. Bush.

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