Islamabad, 20 Dec. (AKI) - The US vice president Dick Cheney arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday for a surprise visit to Pakistan. He is expected to meet with Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf and also visit the areas affected by the 8 October earthquake which Pakistani officials say killed more than 73,000 people. Cheney arrived in Islamabad after his visit to the Afghan capital Kabul to attend the inaugural session of the Afghan parliament.
On his arrival, the American vice-president boarded a helicopter with the Pakistani foreign minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri to travel to Rawalpindi to meet with Musharraf. | No doubt an American helicopter |
The US military has set up a field hospital in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir to help the earthquake survivors and US military pilots have also been flying helicopters carrying emergency aid to the quake-affected regions. |