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'No one can visit Garib Nawaz
without a call from the saint'

It was probably a divine wish which stopped Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf from visiting Ajmer to pray at the dargah of the famous Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti.

This was implied by External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh when he was asked at a press conference in Agra on Tuesday morning if the Indian government had tried to prevent the Musharrafs from going to Ajmer.

"Meri kya aukaat ki main unhe Garib Nawaaz ke paas jaane se rokun. Kehte hain ki jab tak Garib Nawaaz ka hukum nahin hota, koi vahan nahin jaa sakta (who am I to stop the Musharrafs from visiting the dargah. It is said that nobody can visit the place, without a call from the saint)," Singh said.

Musharraf was scheduled to visit Ajmer after the conclusion his summit meeting with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Monday. He, however, cancelled the visit after his parleys with Vajpayee stretched late into the evening.

Musharraf flew back to Islamabad from Agra late on Monday night.

PTI

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