Olympic torch tours pro-China Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan has welcomed the Olympic torch for what its pro-China government hopes will be a festive and trouble-free leg of its world tour.
Protests against China’s human rights record have marred the torch’s passage through Western cities, and Pakistan has gone to great lengths to avoid any repeat during its short stay en route to Beijing.
A plane bringing the torch from Oman arrived at the military section of Islamabad airport shortly after midnight Wednesday.
Later Wednesday, about 60 Pakistani athletes will take turns to carry it to a ceremony featuring folk music and dancing at the city’s biggest sports complex before guests including President Pervez Musharraf. E-mail to a friend
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