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Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday announced that he would not meet US Vice President Joe Biden owing to the ongoing 3-day Urs of sufi saint Hazrat Bahuddin Zakariya at Multan. The FM made the announcement on the eve of Urs of Hazrat Baha ud Din Zikria Multani. US Vice President Joe Biden would arrive in the federal capital today and will have an overnight stay in Pakistan. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has extended an invitation to the US vice president for the visit. It will be his second visit to Pakistan after his election to the slot. Biden will meet the president and prime minister, besides Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
