71.   Niyazov said he and Karzai would call for a meeting with Pakistani leaders to discuss the resumption of work on a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan.

72.   Musharraf is also to meet with Bush before both the Indian and Pakistani leaders address the U.N. General Assembly.

73.   On Saturday, the Pakistani leader called India arrogant and rash after New Delhi said it would withdraw its ambassador from Islamabad and cut rail and bus links.

74.   Pakistani leaders have in the past admitted that their nation has a nuclear weapons program.

75.   Pakistani leaders have said that their country has nuclear weapons.

76.   Powell encouraged the Indians to give the Pakistani leader time to do more.

77.   Powell said Indian officials demonstrated more recognition of the steps Musharraf has taken and showed a willingness to give the Pakistani leader more time to take additional measures.

78.   Scheduled for the visiting Pakistani leader Thursday were a meeting with members of the House International Relations Committee and a speech at the National Press Club.

79.   Some Pakistani Islamic leaders have vowed to wage jihad, or holy war, against the United States and its supporters in Pakistan now that Afghanistan has been attacked.

80.   The bellicose statements issued by some Indian ministers in the wake of nuclear tests had drawn sharp response from the Pakistani leaders.