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NEW DELHI, JAN. 7. In a departure from normal practice, the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and his wife Cherie chose to travel to Islamabad by a Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft for ``security reasons'' and were accompanied by commandos. Members of the British delegation, which had come to India on a four-day official visit, also travelled with them.

An RAF official told PTI that Mr. Blair would ``travel like a para-commando and there was no comfort'' in the aircraft. The former U.S. President, Bill Clinton, had also travelled to Pakistan from here in 2000 by a U.S. Air Force plane and had switched cars in Islamabad for security reasons.

- PTI

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