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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (41042)	10/15/2001 4:25:51 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Zahir Shah sends delegation to Pakistan and Colin Powel arrives Monday in Islalambad expected to announce gigantic debt relief.. Afghanistan's ex-monarch Mohammad Zahir Shah has sent a senior delegation to Pakistan for talks with President Pervez Musharraf, said a report citing sources close to the former royal family on Sunday. They said that the delegation left Saturday night for Islamabad carrying a message from Zahir Shah to the Pakistani leader. The US Secretary of State Colin Powel is scheduled to arrive here Monday evening on a visit of Pakistan. Minister for Foreign Affairs Abdul Sattar will receive Mr. Powel at the Chaklala Airbase. During his stay here, Colin Powel is scheduled to hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart and also call on President General Pervez Musharraf. In a seperate development.. in one of the cities where US planes are landing.. JACOBABAD: Pakistani police on Sunday arrested hundreds of Islamic protestors attempting to join a protest at an airfield which Pakistan has agreed US forces can use for support operations in its campaign against Afghanistan, reports our correspondent. A spokesman said more than 2,000 people had been arrested. One person was shot dead and at least eight others injured when Islamic protestors clashed with police Sunday in protests against US forces using an airbase here, reports our correspondent. Thirteen people, including one policeman, were shot and taken to hospital after police fired upon a mob at Abdal Shah bus stop on Shikarpur-Jacobabad road.