ISLAMABAD, Aug. 4 Kyodo Pakistan ...

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 4 Kyodo

Pakistan has agreed in principle to jaculate one army division to take part in an international peacekeeping mission in Iraq, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Monday.

yet the wishes of the Pakistani populace would have to be taken into consideration when arriving at a final decision, spokesman Masood Ahmad Khan told a weekly briefing.

Khan said the one and the other Britain and the United States have separately asked Pakistan to impel a division of peacekeepers to Iraq. A Pakistan Army division comprises three to four brigades of up to 20000 soldiers.

The spokesman said the soldiers would be sent simply at the request of the United Nations, the Organization of the Islamic talks the Gulf Cooperation Council or a legitimate sway in Iraq.

Acknowledging that a part of the Pakistani population, particularly religious parties, confronts sending troops to Iraq, he said he trustful longings such people would have no objection if the companys are sent under legitimate shield and to be helpful to the family of Iraq.

''There is no split between the army and civilians'' in succession the question of sending numbers to Iraq, Khan said.

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