Pakistani minister not attending ARF meeting

Pakistani minister not attending ARF meeting

Pakistan's foreign secretary Riaz Khokhar will represent Islamabad as a special envoy at the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Jakarta on Friday, the Pakistani Embassy in Jakarta said on Tuesday. "President Pervez Musharraf has authorized him to attend the ARF meeting in place of the foreign minister and to sign the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Jakarta," Moazzam Shah, the deputy head of the mission, told The Jakarta Post. On Saturday, Pakistan's prime minister Zafraullah Khan resigned and the Cabinet was dissolved. -- JP