Gilani To Us

• President Asif Ali Zardari dismisses US opposition to Iran-Pak pipeline project

  No power in the world can halt the 7.5 billion Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, President Asif Ali Zardari has said, dismissing mounting US opposition to the venture that will be formally inaugurated on March 11.

• Hillary Clinton applauds Singh, Gilani for improvement in ties

  The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has applauded the leadership of Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, and his Pakistan counterpart Yousuf Gilani for taking steps to improve their bilateral relationship.

• Obama to meet Gilani on Tuesday

  US President Barack Obama will hold talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday in the South Korean capital Seoul, a statement released by the White House said.

• Get well soon, Gilani wishes Sonia Gandhi

  Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has wished speedy recovery to India's ruling Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, who has gone to the US for a check-up nearly six months after a surgery.

• Husain Haqqani fears for his life: Report

  Pakistan's embattled former ambassador to US, Husain Haqqani, fears he will be murdered if he leaves his sanctuary in the official residence of the Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, a media report said on Wednesday.

• Gilani asks US to respect Pak's 'red lines'

  The US must respect Pakistan's "red lines" and give a guarantee that there will be no transgression of the country's borders in order to regain Islamabad's cooperation in the war on terrorism, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said today.

• Pakistan airspace may be closed for US: Gilani

  Pakistan may continue blocking NATO supply convoys into Afghanistan for several weeks and would not rule out closing its airspace to the United States, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Sunday.

• US welcomes Gilani's view to build US-Pak ties

  The US on Monday welcomed Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani statement that he would like to rebuild relationship with the US following deterioration in bilateral ties after the recent NATO air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in a cross-border fire.

• Pak may have 'low-level participation' at Afghan meet: Report

  Pakistan, which decided to boycott the Bonn conference on Afghanistan's future after a NATO air strike killed its 24 soldiers, may now have "low-level participation" at the meet in the wake of US President Barack Obama's call to his counterpart Asif Ali Zardari, a media report said today.

• Pakistan to review all accords with US, NATO: Gilani

  Pakistan will review all its agreements with the US and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in the aftermath of the November 26 airstrike that left two dozen Pakistan Army soldiers dead, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said.

• NATO strike: Clinton calls Gilani over 'unintended' killing of troops; Pak firm on Bonn meet boycott

  As Pak-US ties plunged to a new low after a deadly NATO strike, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani to offer her condolences on the "unintended" killing of 24 Pakistani troops, but was unable to make him reconsider the decision to boycott a key meet on Afghanistan.

• There is a limit to our patience: Gilani on NATO attack

  Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has called for a comprehensive review of country's cooperation with the US following the NATO strike, saying troops had been instructed to respond "with full force" to any further act of aggression.

• Memogate: Army doesn't want to topple govt, claims Gilani

  Amid controversy over a secret memo purportedly sent by Pakistan government to the US fearing an army takeover, Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani has ruled out the threat of either a "judicial" or "military" coup, saying the two institutions did not want to derail the democratic system.

• Cannot attend Bonn meet without assurance: Gilani

  Following appeals from the US and Afghanistan, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said the country cannot attend the crucial Bonn meet on the future of Afghanistan if Islamabad did not receive assurances from the world community about its security and sovereignty.

• Gilani to call joint session of Parliament to discuss NATO raid

  Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said he will call a joint session of both houses of Parliament to discuss the cross-border NATO air strike and the issue of a secret memorandum sent to the US military seeking help to prevent a possible military takeover in Pakistan.