The Last Word: Does Zardari visit restate a new approach to ties?

The Last Word: Does Zardari visit restate a new approach to ties?

Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari's visit to India with his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has been a success. ...
09:22 PM, Apr 09, 2012

Imran Khan trains guns on Zardari, Bilawal

Imran Khan trains guns on Zardari, Bilawal Islamabad: The sudden visit of President Asif Ali Zardari and his son Bilawal to India has invited ire from their political opponents in Pakistan with cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan questioning the timing of the tour, when the country was faced with a tragedy of the 135 soldiers missing in avalanche in Siachen glacier. Hoping to ride to political power in Pakistan on the gathering anti-establishment fervour, Imran Khan trained his guns...
03:03 PM, Apr 09, 2012

Who is Bilawal Bhutto Zardari?

Who is Bilawal Bhutto Zardari? Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is the only son of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and former Prime Minister, the late Benazir Bhutto. He has two other siblings " Bakhtawar and Asifa, both younger sisters. At just 23 years of age, Bilawal is the chairman of the Pakistan People's Party, the political entity founded by his maternal grandfather Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1967, and has been announced as the next Tumandar (chief)...
02:17 PM, Apr 09, 2012

Bring 26/11 perpetrators to justice: PM to Zardari

Bring 26/11 perpetrators to justice: PM to Zardari New Delhi: Goshtaba and dosas, some bilateral talks and an emotional visit to the Ajmer sharif, that basically sums up Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to India. While Pakistan's head of state claimed it was purely a private visit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did raise the issue of Hafiz Saeed and the 26/11 trial. Singh and Zardari seemed to strike all the right notes as they met for a...
07:51 PM, Apr 08, 2012

Punish Saeed to normalise ties, PM tells Zardari

Punish Saeed to normalise ties, PM tells Zardari New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday insisted that Pakistan should act on 26/11 suspects including Lashkar founder Hafiz Saeed. Linking the progress in bilateral ties to Pakistan taking action against Saeed and others responsible for Mumbai terror attacks, Singh plainly told Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari that this was important for normalisation of relations between the two neighbours. Zardari, who made a stopover in the capital for little...
06:36 PM, Apr 08, 2012

Rahul accepts Bilawal's invite to visit Pakistan

Rahul accepts Bilawal's invite to visit Pakistan Islamabad: India's ruling Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi was invited to visit Pakistan by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son of President Asif Ali Zardari, and has accepted the invite, it was reported on Sunday. Bilawal, 24, the Pakistan Peoples Party chairman, has accompanied his father on his day-long trip to India where they were invited for lunch at Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence in New Delhi. The News...
05:32 PM, Apr 08, 2012

India peace be with you: tweets Bilawal Bhutto

India peace be with you: tweets Bilawal Bhutto New Delhi: Bilawal Bhutto, the 24-year-old son of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari who arrived in India on Sunday on his maiden visit, is an avid tweeter like most young people. As soon as he landed in New Delhi, he tweeted peace greetings for India. Bilawal accompanied Zardari on a day-long visit to India. "India Peace be with you. I have just landed in Delhi. 1st ever visit," Bilawal said...
03:32 PM, Apr 08, 2012

Common wish that ties must normalise: PM

Common wish that ties must normalise: PM New Delhi: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh emerged from a meeting at the latter's residence on Sunday afternoon. Issuing a brief joint statement, Singh said, "Have lot of issues., willing to find pragmatic solutions." Singh said they had 'constructive talks', and the two sides were "willing to find practical, pragmatic solutions on all issues." He said it was a "common wish that ties should normalise...
02:19 PM, Apr 08, 2012

Bilawal's Facebook fans discuss India trip

Bilawal's Facebook fans discuss India trip Islamabad: Bilawal Bhutto, the 24-year-old son of President Asif Ali Zardari and chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, has a fan following on Facebook, with some wishing him a good visit and welcoming him to India. Nazia Rehman, a user, wrote on a Facebook page: "welcome to india.. khush amadeed". Bilawal Bhutto is accompanying his father who is on a day-long trip to India on Sunday. Zardari will meet Indian...
01:24 PM, Apr 08, 2012

Zardari's arrival delayed intentionally: Sources

Zardari's arrival delayed intentionally: Sources New Delhi: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in New Delhi on Sunday on a personal visit to Ajmer Sharif. However, while the arrival was scheduled at about 11 am, the Pakistani President reached New Delhi about an hour late, following which he headed to the residence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for a luncheon meeting. According to sources, Zardari's arrival was delayed deliberately to avoid one-on-one meeting with the...
01:00 PM, Apr 08, 2012

Rahul, Bilawal have much to share

Rahul, Bilawal have much to share New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi and Bilawal Zardari Bhutto, two scions whose respective pasts have uncanny similarities, are expected to talk at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's lunch for Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in New Delhi on Sunday. Informed sources said Bilawal, who took over as Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman at age 19 after the assassination of his mother and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007, figures in the...
06:52 PM, Apr 07, 2012

Zardari to invite Manmohan to Pakistan by year end

Zardari to invite Manmohan to Pakistan by year end Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari will invite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit Pakistan by the end of this year during his meeting in New Delhi on Sunday. This was stated by Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit on the eve of Zardari's day-long visit to India during which he will hold talks with Singh at the PM's Race Course Road residence which will be followed by lunch. "President Zardari...
05:45 PM, Apr 07, 2012

Pak Prez makes son head of Zardari tribe

Pak Prez makes son head of Zardari tribe Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday decided to forego the title of head of the Zardari tribe and to pass it on to his son Bilawal following the death of his father Hakim Ali. President Zardari decided not to become the tribal chief and to pass on the mantle to his son Bilawal, presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said. Hakim Ali, who died earlier this week after a prolonged illness,...
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