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Pakistan has requested India for air passage to President Pervez Musharraf to attend the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit next week in Kathmandu.
"We have sent in our request and India has agreed in principle'', Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner Jaleel Abbas Jilani said on Saturday.
India on Friday had said it would allow Pakistan President to overfly India to reach Kathmandu for the SAARC summit.
"If any request is made for overflying by Pakistan President and his delegation for the SAARC summit, it will be met," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Nirupama Rao had said.
Asked whether New Delhi has given any list of terrorists believed to be in Pakistan, Pakistan Embassy sources said no such list has been given so far.
New Delhi on Friday had said it has drawn up a list of nearly 30 terrorists and criminals, including Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar and Dawood Ibrahim, who have taken refuge in Pakistan.
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