41.   Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman Aziz Ahmed Khan said no invitation had been received for Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf.

42.   Pakistani leader calls on world to improve rural areas.

43.   Pakistani leaders remained defiant in the face of international criticism.

44.   Pakistani religious leaders leave Friday for Afghanistan, the Pakistani news agency reported.

45.   Pakistani leader faces contempt charges.

46.   Pakistani leaders stood before the coffins and offered brief prayers.

47.   - Sheik Zayed and Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf agreed in a telephone call on the need to pursue Islamic and international cooperation to fight terrorism, WAM reported.

48.   A delegation of Pakistani leaders who on Monday had at U.S. behest presented the case for surrendering bin Laden to Taliban leaders returned to Pakistan.

49.   Blair was expected to arrive late Friday night, after his meeting with Pakistani leaders in Islamabad.

50.   Before Musharraf called, Vajpayee had told an audience in New Delhi he might speak to the Pakistani leader.