Zia to visit India

The Pakistan President, General Zia-ul-Haq, will visit India on December 16 at the invitation of the Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, to continue their dialogue on the normalisation of relations. This was decided at a meeting between the two leaders, who are in Muscat to attend celebrations marking 15 years of rule by Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman. Zia will visit India “for a few hours on his way back home from an official visit to the Maldives”.

Bill to amend Citizenship Act

Despite stiff opposition from several opposition leaders, the government introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to amend the Citizenship Act. The legislation, which seeks to give effect to the clauses of the Assam Accord relating to the foreigners issue, creates a new class of citizens in the country —

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