Pakistan PM to visit India for cricket

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani will travel to India this week to watch a cricket match between the two South Asian countries in what is dubbed as "cricket diplomacy".

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday invited Gilani and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to watch the hotly contested World Cup semi-final to be played in the northern Indian town of Mohali on Wednesday.

Gilani, who was on a visit to Uzbekistan when the Indian invitation came, met Zardari late on Saturday on his return.