Accepting ’stringed’ US aid against Pakistan’s self respect: Gilani

August 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Friday termed terrorism as the biggest threat to the country and said his government was committed to eliminate this menace through "determination and courage". I want to reiterate that we are not scared of the terrorists.

July 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has lauded his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh after positive remarks by the Indian premier in parliament on the peace process with Pakistan. Gilani praised Manmohan Singh "for his bold vision of peace and prosperity in South Asia and the statesmanship he demonstrated", the Nation newspaper reported on its website Thursday.

July 21st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - After the fiasco of appointing a junior bureaucrat as Pakistan's ambassador to France - a move that was later cancelled - it appears that the job may be offered to senior diplomat Jalil Abbas Jilani. Quoting sources, a private TV channel said Tuesday that Jilani had been offered the ambassadorship to Brussels but he rejected the offer and now is likely be appointed the country's new envoy to France.

June 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan wants the world at large and the US in particular to play a role in resolving its disputes with India, including that of Kashmir, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Thursday. The resolution of Pakistans core issues would help it focus on the war against extremism and terrorism on its western border to ensure peace and stability in South Asia, APP news agency quoted Gilani as saying when visiting US National Security Advisor James Jones called on him here.

June 22nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan cannot remain oblivious to the dangers posed by India's nuclear weapons but its own programme was purely of defensive nature, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani declared Monday. Pakistans emphasis on nuclear energy for peaceful purposes had shifted towards concerns for national security when India detonated a nuclear device in 1974, Gilani said while addressing scientists at the Quaid-e-Azam Universitys National Centre for Physics here.

June 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Friday called on the US to write off Pakistan's debt to help Islamabad overcome the current economic crisis aggravated by the war on terror, a media report said. Gilani told visiting US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, during a meeting at his house that the debt waver would help Pakistan to mobilise resources for the displaced people in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Geo TV reported.

April 19th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the country is ready with its own anti-terrorism strategy which it would be sharing with the United States soon. "Our policy is ready, and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi would visit the US in the first week of May to share this policy with the American administration," The Daily quoted Gilani, as saying.

April 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has rejected Washington's growing concerns about how Islamabad would use the increased US aid. "The Obama administration should not worry about the proper use of its aid," the Daily Times quoted Gilani, as saying.

March 22nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Believe it or not, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has property worth 200,000 rupees only. According to the details of assets and liabilities submitted to the Pakistan Election Commission by Gilani, he does not own any plots, apartments, commercial buildings or agriculture properties anywhere in the country.

March 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has accepted the resignation of Information and Broadcasting (IB) Minister Sherry Rehman, and has appointed Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas Qamaruz Zaman Kaira to the post. According to sources, Rehman told Gilani that the unwarranted interference in her work by some ministers had affected her prestige.

March 12th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) can play the kingmaker's role in Punjab. Addressing the parliament, he said the PPP-led government would not mind sitting on the opposition benches if it failed to show majority support, adding that the Federal Government would respect the mandate of the party, which has the support of majority of Punjab Assembly members.

January 24th, 2009 MULTAN - Pakistan's Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani said Sunday that his government would take the world into confidence over the Mumbai attacks probe, Geo TV reported. Addressing a gathering here, Gilani said his government would not allow the use of its territory for terrorist acts and that war was no solution to the terrorism issue.

January 10th, 2009 PANO AQIL - The evidences received from India in the Mumbai terror attacks are being investigated, 'but no Pakistani would be handed over to another country', a media report quoted Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani as saying Sunday. Talking to the media on the sidelines of the inauguration of Sangi Cadet College in Sukkur district, Gilani advised Indian politicians to mend their ways as their statements were stoking tension, Geo TV reported.

December 29th, 2008 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's presidency Tuesday denied any move to change the present setup even as a report in a leading English daily claimed that there is a serious rift between President Asif Ali Zardari and his handpicked Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. Terming as 'ridiculous and baseless' reports in Indian media, the presidency in a statement said Zardari does not want to take over Gilani's authority.

December 24th, 2008 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani declared Thursday that 'there is absolutely no question of war' with India and said Islamabad sought 'excellent relations' with its neighbour. 'There is no question of war.