WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The No. 2 official at the U.S. State Department will travel to Pakistan late this week to urge President Pervez Musharraf to end his emergency rule and hold free and fair elections, a State Department spokesman said.

Spokesman Tom Casey said Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte would travel to Pakistan around the end of the week. (Reporting by Arshad Mohammed, writing by David Alexander; editing by Lori Santos)

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