IT will be a homecoming of sorts for Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz when he arrives in Kuala Lumpur today for anofficial visit. The Malaysian capital has always been a special place for him, as it was where he worked and lived in the 1980s.PAUL GABRIEL was in Islamabad recently to find out how Shaukat has grown in stature since his days as Citibank Malaysiacountry manager. With his friendship still treasured by many of his Malaysian friends, Shaukat is now revered for his steadyleadership amid Pakistan’s fractious political realm.
IT IS dawn in Pakistan and a 31-gun salute is being fired over the capital city of Islamabad, followed by 21-gun bursts in Karachi, Lahore, Quetta and Peshawar.