Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari has that said Pakistan looks forward to engage more closely with the United States on bilateral political track including strategic dialogue.

Talking to US Senator John Kerry on Tuesday, the President stressed the need of channeling it through the government in accordance with its priorities and programmes to ensure transparency, accountability and efficacy.
The President also called for early legislation on Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs) and softening of counter-productive labour provision.
Pakistan looked forward to enhancement of area as well as product coverage in the …

Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari will start four-day official tour of Turkey on Sunday to attend a trilateral summit with his Turkish and Afghan counterparts, aimed at steadily enhancing relations among the three countries and to continue efforts for bringing a lasting, durable peace to Afghanistan.

Besides participating in this fourth trilateral summit among the three Muslim countries, President Zardari will also represent Pakistan at a Regional Summit of the six countries bordering Afghanistan during his four day stay in this historic Turkish Metropolis, lying astride the two continents of …

Lahore: Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif said he will welcome President Asif Zardari if he could visit Lahore in his presence. Talking to media at Lahore airport after tour of Turkey and United Kingdom, Shahbaz denied the impression that he went Turkey to avoid to welcome President. He said visit of Turkey was scheduled two months ago and later he also visited London.

Chief Minister termed tours of Turkey and UK successful and said several key deals had been inked in energy, education, health and agriculture sectors during these tours. Earlier, …

CHAKWAL: President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday vowing not to be deterred by “conspiracy of pen” said the people of Pakistan will foil all such attempts. “We cannot be killed by any stroke of pen, or bayonets,” as the crowd cheered ‘Qadam barhao Zardari, hum tumhare sath haen’ here at a large gathering at the ground breaking ceremony of Ghabir dam.

President Zardari said conspiracies that began from the times of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to this day continues and regretted the role of “political actors” who consider themselves to be …

Islamabad: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday issued the detailed judgment in the National Reconciliation Ordinance case.
The 287-page detailed ruling was penned by the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
The judgment was signed by Justice Khalil Ramday on Jan 12 before his retirement.

Citing the example of Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the ruling said that the Philippine government had also brought the looted money by the dictator back to the country from Switzerland, which could be taken as a reference.
According to sources, the Supreme Court declared the NRO null and void, …

Karachi: “The war that started in the name of war against terror, was actually waged against the Islamic World. The Muslim Ummah is passing through critical times, as its members are terrorists in the eyes of America and Europe,” said Jamat-e-Islami’s Chief Syed Munnawar Hassan.
He was addressing the rally against the detention of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui by US agencies outside Karachi Press Club along with other JI leaders and Dr. Fouzia Siddiqui, sister of Aafia, on Monday.

He stated that according to western powers all Muslims were fundamentalists and progress in …