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Pakistan parades Flt Lt Nachiketa on TV

Pakistan Television today showed the captured Indian Air Force pilot, Flight Lieutenant K Nachiketa.

Also on Pakistan Television was a statement that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharief telephoned his Indian counterpart Atal Bihari Vajpayee and urged him to defuse tensions.

It was the first time Flt Lt Nachiketa has appeared in public. He seemed to be in good condition.

He was shown briefly, still in his IAF flight suit. He did not make any statement. The camera showed a close-up of his nametag.

The body of the pilot of the second MiG fighter that crashed yesterday, Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja, has not been found, Pakistani Army officers at the site of the crash said.

AP

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