Zardari Visit To Ajmer

• Pakistan Prime Minister to make first visit to India

  Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will visit India for the first time this week for a day-long pilgrimage to the Ajmer Sharif shrine near Jaipur, a senior government official said in New Delhi on Tuesday.

• Zardari told to work more to win 'India's love', says Pak media

  President Asif Ali Zardari's "private spiritual journey" to India ended with "a tame nudge" from the hosts who asked him to "work more to win their love," Pakistani media said today about his short trip to Delhi and Ajmer.

• Asif Ali Zardari's trip to Ajmer a message against extremism: US media

  Describing Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's India visit as a trip "heavy on symbolism if not on substance", the US media today said his pilgrimage to the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer sent a message against Islamist extremism.

• PM meets Asif Ali Zardari, raises Saeed issue; says will visit Pak at 'convenient time'

  Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is back in Pakistan after offering prayers at Ajmer; also, he promised, prayers for Indo-Pak peace. In Delhi, on the way to Ajmer, Mr Zardari's private visit resulted in a diplomatic "yes" from Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to an invitation to visit Pakistan.

• Zardari visits Ajmer Dargah after seven years

  After the diplomatic stopover in Delhi, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari visited the 13th century Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Dargah in Ajmer, where he spent around 20 minutes and offered flowers and chadar. Mr Zardari also reportedly donated one million dollars to the Dargah.

• China praises Zardari's India visit

  China today lauded Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to India, saying better ties between the two nuclear-armed neighbours will benefit both countries and bring stability in the region.

• Zardari's Ajmer visit: Keep windows shut and shops closed, residents told

  Residents whose houses face the dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti have been asked to keep their windows shut while the Pakistan president is inside the shrine later this afternoon.

• Prime Minister, Pak President make joint statement

  Walking in together after a meeting that last over 30 minutes, the two leaders made a brief joint statement. Here are the details. Manmohan Singh: President Zardari is on a private visit and I have taken advantage of this visit to discuss with him, all bilateral issues and I'm very satisfied with the outcome of this visit. Asif Ali Zardari: I wo...

• PM meets Asif Ali Zardari, says will visit Pak at 'convenient time'

  In Delhi, on the way to Ajmer, Mr Zardari's private visit resulted in a diplomatic "yes" from Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to an invitation to visit Pakistan. Dr Singh said he would be "happy to visit Pakistan at a mutually convenient time." Sources said an appropriate date for that visit would be decided upon, but Dr Singh wants issues like Si...

• Ahead of Zardari visit, Ajmer's khadims remember Benazir

  When Syed Iqbal Kaptan helps Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari perform 'ziyarat' (prayer) at the Dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, the memories of his slain wife and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who had visited the shrine in 2005, will come back to him.

• Weddings rescheduled due to Asif Ali Zardari's Ajmer dargah visit

  The impending visit of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to the holy shrine at Ajmer does not seem to have excited everyone.

• Ajmer: Elaborate security measures made for Asif Ali Zardari's visit

  Elaborate security arrangements are in place today for the high-profile visit of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to Ajmer, where he will offer prayers at the renowned 13th century shrine of sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.

• Asif Ali Zardari meets Gilani, Kayani before India visit

  Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari met Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani last night for preparatory discussions regarding his visit to India, including the case of the Jamaat-ud Dawah (JuD) Chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed.

• Asif Ali Zardari meeting PM at his residence; sources say Sonia Gandhi not attending lunch

  Asif Ali Zardari in India: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari visits India today and over a lunch of mini dosas, biryani and much more at the residence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the two countries are expected to lay the road ahead for their relationship.

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  Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to India

  Zardari, Zardari lunch with PM, Zardari visit to Ajmer