Date:02/11/2002 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2002/11/02/stories/2002110207540100.htm

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Pak. remains suspended

By Hasan Suroor

LONDON NOV. 1. Pakistan will remain suspended from the Commonwealth until the latter is satisfied that democracy has been fully restored there, the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Don McKinnon, announced here this evening.

The decision was taken by the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group in the light of the Commonwealth observers' report on the recent elections in Pakistan.