Clinton in Pakistan to meet quake survivors

During his one-day stay, the former US Prez will call on President Pervez Musharraf and meet Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.

Former US president Bill Clinton arrived in Pakistan on Friday to visit survivors of last year's massive earthquake and to launch a health project, officials said.

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During his one-day stay he will call on President Pervez Musharraf and meet Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, foreign office spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam told the agency.

Clinton will visit a relief camp for quake victims in Islamabad, becoming the second former US president to do so after George Bush senior met survivors of the disaster here in January.

The 7.6-magnitude quake killed nearly 74,000 people, injured as many and made an estimated 3.5 million people homeless.

Clinton is later due to sign a memorandum of understanding for a health project sponsored by the Clinton Foundation, officials said.