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LAHORE: Pakistan and the
United Kingdom will hold talks next month to discuss the
prospects of a bilateral extradition treaty, said Interior
Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat here Saturday.
Talking to newsmen the Minister said that the possibilities of
signing of extradition treaty was among three issues discussed
during his meeting with the British Foreign Secretary, Jack
Straw who visited Pakistan recently.
The other issues discussed with Straw, he said, were the
frequent travel advice issued by the British government for
its citizens regarding visit to Pakistan and the efforts to
curb the menace of drug trafficking.
Faisal said that the United Kingdom had expressed its
willingness to sign an extradition treaty with Pakistan.
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