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LAHORE - While taking serious notice of gas supply suspension to the textile industry in Punjab, President Asif Ali Zardari has directed the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) managing director to ensure five days a week uninterrupted gas supply to the textile industry in the province of Punjab.
According to the APTMA spokesman, the president has further directed the concerned authorities to divert gas supply to the export-oriented textile industry from the power plants

KARACHI - The PML-N wants to indulge in the politics of the 90s, but the PPP will not follow suit, President Asif Ali Zardari said on Monday. "The PPP is a democratic party and will face all such tactics politically," Zardari told Punjab Governor Latif Khosa and Interior Minister Rehman Malik in a meeting at the Bilawal House. According to sources in the PPP, various other issues such as the progress of development projects, rebuilding of the flood-damaged infrastructure and the

KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari told a meeting of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leaders at Bilawal House on Sunday that it was sad that politics of "horse-trading" had been adopted by friends in Punjab but the PPP would defend democracy and would not take the path of confrontation.
The PPP was a democratic party, he said, and would not like to use undemocratic means in a difficult time because it did not want to harm the democratic system. The president vowed that the party

KUWAIT CITY - President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday joined Kuwait's Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and other world leaders in celebrating Kuwait's golden jubilee celebrations, marking its 50th independence day.
Around 40 heads of state and government, envoys and special representatives gathered at the 'Loyalty Parade' - the hallmark of the festivities, held at Kuwait city's north. A 21-gun salute was offered as the Amir of Kuwait, along with President Zardari and

KUWAIT - President Asif Ali Zardari and Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Friday vowed to further strengthen ties between the two countries through enhanced trade cooperation and joint ventures. Zardari also sought Kuwait's support to enhance relations with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and said Pakistan had initiated strategic dialogue with the council.
After his arrival in the Gulf state, President Zardari discussed with Sheikh Sabah the potential of

LAHORE - The PML-N supported the PPP-led government with sincerity and good intention but in reward, President Asif Ali Zardari inflicted several injuries to the party during the last three years, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday.
Addressing PML-N workers from Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawalpur divisions at his Model Town residence, Nawaz said, "We supported the PPP-led government with sincerity and good intention but in reward, President Asif Ali Zardari incurred several

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Zardari on Thursday denied Husain Haqqani's request to be relieved of ambassadorial responsibilities and asked him to continue as Pakistan's envoy to the US. A source told Pakistan Today that Haqqani had told Zardari that he wanted to quit as the country's ambassador to the US and wanted to resume his career as an academician.
Haqqani also told the president that he wanted time to write a book. The source said the president did not want to change the

Lahore - The Hamza Lovers Organization protested on Wednesday against President Asif Ali Zardari and Sindh Interior Minister Zulfiqar Mirza due to the Pakistan People's Party's (PPP) refusal to accept the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's (PML-N) 10-point agenda. The protestors, who had come on motorbikes and two passenger vans, gathered in front of Press Club and blocked the road for a coupe of hours. They hoisted party flags and raised slogans against Asif Ali Zardari. The

TOKYO - President Asif Ali Zardari has invited a number of Japan's leading auto manufacturers to invest in Pakistan as automobile sector in the country is flourishing with the passage of time. Presidents and chief executive officers of different automobile and auto-parts companies, including Toyota Tshusho, Mitsubishi Corporation and Yamaha Motors, called on the President Zardari here on Wednesday.
Speaking to the representatives of different automobile companies, President

TOKYO - Seeking cooperation of investors to explore enormous possibilities of strengthening and expanding business relations with Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday invited the Japanese business community to rejuvenate Pakistan's economy through their individual contribution, joint venture or consortia.
Commenting on investment-friendly environment established by the present government, the president said, "The government has designated a 2000-acre Special Economic

TOKYO - President Asif Ali Zardari has said that since Japan is negotiating a deal with India to cooperate on peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the similar cooperation should be extended to his country. "If Japan is willing to cooperate with India in nuclear technology and (is) giving nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, I do not see any reason why we should not deserve the same," Zardari said in an interview with the Japanese media in Islamabad ahead of his departure for a

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari, who left on Sunday for Japan on a three-day visit, will hold talks with the Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan to strengthen the cordial relations between the two countries and open new vistas of cooperation.
This will be the president's second visit to Japan since assuming office. He will also visit the emperor of Japan and hold summit level talks with Prime Minister Naoto Kan, according to an official statement.
The president is also

ISLAMABAD - In the wake of the apparent standoff between the PPP and the PML-N over the implementation of the PML-N's 10-point reforms agenda by February 23, President Asif Ali Zardari in a consultative meeting on Sunday authorised Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to contact PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif to defuse tension before it converted into a political crisis in the country.
The meeting was held amid reports that Shahbaz Sharif's government in Punjab was considering sending the

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday urged British Cabinet Minister Baroness Sayeeda Warsi to use her influence for setting up opportunity zones in the conflict-hit areas and pleading Pakistan's case for enhanced and preferential trade access to the markets of European Union countries for put the country's economy back on track.
Talking to Warsi, who called on him at the President's House, Zardari said it would help addressing the issues of poverty and unemployment

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari asked the country's leading business houses to convene a roundtable conference of all political parties on their platform to find ways and means of putting the country's economy on a solid footing. At a presentation by the Pakistan Business Council on the agenda for the economic reforms, the president also suggested to the businessmen to make consortiums of leading entrepreneurs to consider buying out and managing various state-run

KARACHI - The PPP Women Wing Karachi Division held a meeting on Tuesday to repose confidence in the leadership of President Asif Ali Zardari, who is also the co-chairman of the PPP, and Faryal Talpur, president of the PPP Women's Wing Pakistan. The meeting was held at the People's Secretariat and chaired by PPP Women Wing Sindh Information Secretary Sharmila Farooqui.
It was attended by all PPP women wing information secretaries of Karachi's 18 towns.
The meeting

KARACHI - If a warrant can be issued against former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf in the Benazir Bhutto murder case, then President Asif Ali Zardari can also be summoned by the court for assisting the former military ruler flee the country, Sindh National Front (SNF) chief Mumtaz Ali Bhutto said in a statement issued on Monday.
"Under the criminal law of the country, a person who aids the escape of an accused is also guilty for the same offence," he said, adding that