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Charles meets organic producers | |
(about 4 hours later) | |
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have visited an organic village in Pakistan. | |
The village of Nansoq in the Indus River valley is 7,000 feet up in the Himalayas and is home to 12 families. | |
The Royal couple were on the final day of their tour, when they visited the first village with organic status from the Aga Khan Rural Support programme. | |
The prince is a well-known supporter of alternative methods, which he uses on his own farm in Gloucestershire. | |
Varied tour | Varied tour |
The couple have spent just under a week in the country, visiting the capital Islamabad as well as Pakistan-administered Kashmir, where they toured a village ravaged by last year's earthquake. | The couple have spent just under a week in the country, visiting the capital Islamabad as well as Pakistan-administered Kashmir, where they toured a village ravaged by last year's earthquake. |
On Thursday the prince called for tolerance between all faiths as he met religious communities in a mosque, a Sikh temple and a cathedral in Lahore. | On Thursday the prince called for tolerance between all faiths as he met religious communities in a mosque, a Sikh temple and a cathedral in Lahore. |
The Royals toured Nansoq, which is based in Baltistan in the Skardu Valley and has developed a niche market in organic produce, on Friday. | |
Security fears | Security fears |
They had been forced to amend their programme over security concerns, with a visit to Peshawar having to be cancelled. | They had been forced to amend their programme over security concerns, with a visit to Peshawar having to be cancelled. |
Journeying to the north-western frontier of Pakistan was regarded as a risk after unrest followed an air raid on suspected militants. | Journeying to the north-western frontier of Pakistan was regarded as a risk after unrest followed an air raid on suspected militants. |
The prince has used his visit to speak out against religious intolerance, and to press President Pervez Musharraf over the case of Mirza Tahir Hussain, a Briton acquitted of murder by a civilian court, but sentenced to death by a religious court. | The prince has used his visit to speak out against religious intolerance, and to press President Pervez Musharraf over the case of Mirza Tahir Hussain, a Briton acquitted of murder by a civilian court, but sentenced to death by a religious court. |