British MPs arrive

Published February 20, 2006

ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: A four-member delegation of British parliament arrived here on Sunday on a four-day visit to Pakistan at the invitation of the special committee of parliament on Kashmir.

According to a press release, the delegation led by Martin Salter, member of All-Party Parliamentary Group of British Parliament on Kashmir, included Mark Fisher, Mary Creagh and Kerry McCarthy. The delegation will visit different cities of Pakistan, quake- affected areas of AJK and attend a briefing on rehabilitation in Muzaffarabad.

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