Defence Minister of Pakistan Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar was stopped from departing the country on a trip to China at Islamabad airport.

Instead of using a V.I.P. lounge at the Islamabad airport, he checked in with other passengers, and rode with them in a bus to the plane.

From the Islamabad airport, Mr. Clinton drove in a motorcade through deserted streets to the presidential palace.

In contrast, Mr. Clinton may not venture outside the Islamabad airport, although senior Administration officials said arrangements for the Pakistani visit were only now getting under way.

The Pakistani police said he was taken into custody on Aug. 10, the day of the British raids, in Chohan Chowk, near the Islamabad airport.

Mr. Amin met Mr. Khan at the Islamabad airport that summer and was handed British pounds intended, he said, for the cause.

When you arrive at the Islamabad airport (usually in the wee morning hours) there are scores of people waiting to meet passengers.

As a precaution against a stray shoulder-fired missile, Powell had ended his 17-hour flight with a lights-out, banking dive into the Islamabad airport.

The American military plane that carried Mr. Kansi to Washington remained at Islamabad airport for 48 hours more.

Ground breaking ceremony of new Islamabad airport likely in April, Business Recorder (Pakistan's Financial Daily Newspaper), 2005-03-03.