New Delhi, Aug 27 - Former Indian external affairs minister Jaswant Singh, sacked from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for his bestseller book on Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah, has no intention of visiting Pakistan and has not even applied for a visa.

Setting at rest speculation that Jaswant Singh was going to Pakistan, his son Manvendra Singh said: 'He has not even applied for a visa.'

'Where is the question of the Indian government denying him a security clearance to visit Pakistan?' he asked, referring to some media reports that Jaswant Singh had been denied security clearance by the Indian government for a promotional visit to sign copies of the book at a leading bookshop in Islamabad and for a speaking engagement.

'Moreover, there is no Pakistani edition of the book yet. The publishers may be pushing up the sales there.