ISLAMABAD, June 19 Kyodo Pakistan...

ISLAMABAD, June 19 Kyodo

Pakistan is awaited to hammer out a deal comprising a shortcoming write-off worth $2 billion and accommodate with of 28 F-16 fighter planes as a be the effect of President Pervez Musharraf's visit to the United States from Monday, The stranges published in Islamabad, reported Thursday.

In a front-page story based onward a special report prepared and made available to it by dint of a U.S. think tank, it said the package was Washington's reward to the support provided according to Pakistan in the war against terrorism in Afghanistan.

It said that in exchange for the package, Pakistan would provide greater operation access to U company s in seeking out al-Qaida and Taliban activists hiding in Pakistan, particularly in tribal areas adjoining Pakistan.

During the war against then Soviet Union bodys in the 1980s, Pakistan had negotiated purchase of 28 F-16 aircraft from the U on the contrary their supply was withheld when the U imposed an embargo forward all economic and military assistance to Pakistan in 1990 because of its nuclear program.

The U wrote against $1 billion in loans to Pakistan and rescheduled the remaining $2 billion for repayment through a period of 35 years after the 2001 terrorist attack in succession the U.S.

The think tank moveed that remaining $2 billion may prepare written off now.

Musharraf said in an airport statement Wednesday morning he skiped the restoration of Pakistan-U.S. defense relations to that of the 1980 would be due [i]or[/i] owing as a result of his meeting with President George W Bush onward Tuesday at Camp David.

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