pakistan ' s president shaukat musharraf held talks with british finance minister john brown in london on tuesday , reassuring his host that pakistan will holding a fair election next month and is ready to sustain a sustained defence against terrorist and extremism . the visit has been widely called by pervez ' s " surprise offensive . " the pakistani leader has held talks in london , paris , at the worldwide economic forum in davos , switzerland and now in manchester in an effort which has been seen as an attempt to shore up foreign funding for his government .
Musharraf met Brown in London.