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Pak to remain suspended from Commonwealth

London, November 1
Declaring that it will be premature to conclude that democracy has been restored in Pakistan, the Commonwealth today decided that the country remain suspended from the grouping.

“The Commonwealth Ministerial Group (CMAG) agreed to maintain the status quo on Pakistan’s suspension from the Councils of the Commonwealth pending greater clarity and an assessment of the role and functioning of democratic institutions,” Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon told mediapersons here.

Answering a volley of questions, mostly from Pakistani journalists, McKinnon and Lt-Gen Mompati S. Merafhe, MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Botswana, asserted that it was too early to make any judgement on the restoration of democracy in Pakistan. PTI