The Commonwealth has warned Pakistanwith "stronger actions" if it failed to announce an electiontimeframe before the commonwealth ministerial action group(CMAG) meeting in New York in september this year.
The message was conveyed to Pakistan foreign minister Abdul Sattar when he called on commonwealth secretary generalDon Mckinnon yesterday.
Sattar was told that Pakistan needed to give a "cleartimeframe on the elections before CMAG meeting in September inNew York," sources close to Commonwealth Secretariat said.
Commonwealth had already made it clear in March that there was no justification for delaying parliamentaryelections and called upon the military regime to announce thedates for elections to provincial and national assemblies.
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Sattar, who arrived here on Monday on the first leg ofhis three-nation tour that will take him to Canada and the US,also met British minister for international development ClareShort yesterday.
On Tuesday, he had a meeting with foreign secretary JackStraw.
During his meeting with Mckinnon, Sattar gave details of the steps taken for implementation of the government agendafor economic revival and reform and measures initiated bygovernment towards holding of elections within the "stipulatedperiod given by the country's supreme court."
A commonwealth spokesman said the meeting was requested by Pakistan to discuss mutual concerns about Pakistan'smembership of the commonwealth and restoration of democracy inthe country.
