31 January 2005	Monday	20 Zilhaj 1425

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KARACHI, Jan 30: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Husain is due here on Monday. Besides offering condolences to the Soomro family on the passing away of veteran politician Rahim Bukhsh Soomro , the PML chief is likely to resume talks with Baloch leaders he had met last week and see other important people.

During his last visit to Karachi, Chaudhry Shujaat held a meeting with Sardar Attaullah Khan Mengal, who advised him to see Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti to sort out the Sui issue.

The PML chief also held a meeting with another veteran Politician, Sardar Sherbaz Khan Mazari, to persuade him to use his good offices for arranging his meeting with Nawab Bugti.

However, informed sources told Dawn that Nawab Bugti, reacting to a statement made by ISPR chief Major General Shaukat Sultan, had declined to receive the PML delegation. But, the sources said, attempts were being made to find some other route to Dera Bugti.

Our correspondent in Quetta adds: Nawab Bugti has suggested that a committee comprising independent and impartial journalists, Ayaz Amir, Irshad Hussain Haqqani and Mushahid Hussain Syed, be set up to hear the viewpoints of the concerned parties on allegations levelled by the ISPR chief.

The JWP leader said that Mushahid Hussain in his capacity as a journalist, and not as a politician, should act as judge and Ayaz Amir and Irshad Hussain Haqqani as members of the jury investigate the allegations.