Blair to visit this month
By Our Diplomatic Correspondent

ISLAMABAD—British Prime Minister Tony Blair is to travel to Pakistan later this month for talks with President Pervez Musharraf, Foreign Office said on Thursday.
“Blair is expected here later this month and the dates for the summit meeting will be announced after mutual consultations,” Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told reporters.
Other officials said the talks were expected to focus on co-operation in the fight against terrorism, the regional situation including Afghanistan, the Pakistan-India peace process and bilateral issues.
British forces are in the forefront of the ongoing NATO-led military campaign to quell the revived Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan’s southern and eastern provinces that border on Pakistan.
It will be Blair’s third visit to the South Asian Islamic republic of 150 million people, following trips here in October 2001 and January 2002 — both in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.