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Comment (PAKISTAN President Asif Ali Zardari will visit China next week, during which he is expected to push for a civilian nuclear deal similar to that just concluded between Washington and New Delhi.
Mr Zardari will hold talks in Beijing with President Hu Jintao and will meet other Chinese leaders, including Premier Wen Jiabao and senior legislator Wu Bangguo.
The two countries, both rivals of neighbouring India, have been close allies for decades, and China is a leading source of investment and arms supplies for Pakistan.
The US agreement on civil nuclear co-operation, signed into law this week by US President George W. Bush, permits American businesses to sell nuclear fuel, technology and reactors to India in exchange for safeguards and UN inspections at India's civilian but not military nuclear plants.
News of Mr Zardari's impending China visit came as the controversial leader paid his first visit to the National Command Authority that controls...
