Bill Clinton promises to secure investments for Pakistan

October 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Senator John Kerry, the main sponsor of the controversial Kerry Lugar Bill, has said Washington has no intention to harm Pakistan's sovereignty through the Bill. Addressing a press conference after meeting Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi here, Kerry said the Obama Administration wants to work for the better of the Pakistanis and stressed that the aid Bill is a clear sign of US' direct relations with the people of Pakistan.

October 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Terming the Kerry-Lugar Bill a 'milestone' in Pak-US bilateral relations, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asked all critics of the 1.5 billion dollar annual assistance package to first read the Bill. Addressing a joint press conference with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Washington, Clinton said the focus of the Kerry Lugar Bill would be to improve education, health and other basic amenities in the troubled nation.

September 22nd, 2009 Obama praises Clinton in speech to Clinton groupNEW YORK — President Barack Obama says former President Bill Clinton should be credited with saving millions of lives around the world since leaving the White House. Obama on Tuesday spoke in New York to the Clinton Global Initiative, the former president's philanthropic organization.

September 22nd, 2009 NEW YORK - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, who is currently in New York to take part in the United Nations General Assembly, held separate talks with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former President Bill Clinton. Zardari said meetings with both the leaders were fruitful.

September 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Secretary of States Hillary Clinton has said that issues relating to Afghanistan and Pakistan are on top of America's agenda for the forthcoming UN General Assembly. Addressing a gathering at the Brookings Institution here, Clinton said the United States would focus on various issues like the on going struggle in Iraq, Afghanistan and nuclear non-proliferation during the 64th session of the UN General Assembly.

September 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to announce a number of energy projects in Pakistan during her visit to the country, a media report said Friday. The matter was discussed during a meeting between US envoy to Pakistan Anne W.

August 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Tuesday met Bill Clinton at the White House to discuss the former president's trip to North Korea earlier this month. Clinton had gone to North Korea to secure the release of two US journalists who had been held there for months, and the White House said at the time that the 42nd president would soon debrief Obama on the trip.

August 13th, 2009 NEW YORK - A new Rasmussen Reports poll has said that over one in four Americans (26 percent) now have a better opinion of former President Bill Clinton than when he left office after he retrieved two imprisoned American journalists from North Korea. According to Fox News, Bill Clinton also enjoyed higher favorability ratings than his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

August 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - U.S. officials have rubbished reports appearing in the North Korean media that former president Bill Clinton personally apologized to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il to secure the release of two American journalists, who had been languishing in a prison camp since February this year.

August 5th, 2009 PYONGYANG - The two American journalists pardoned by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il left the country Wednesday aboard a chartered plane carrying the homebound former US president Bill Clinton. Clinton arrived unexpectedly in Pyongyang Tuesday and met the North Korean leader to secure the release of two journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were arrested in March for sneaking into the communist country illegally.

July 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a pointed message to Pakistan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday said "a significant number" of 9/11 attackers are hiding in the border areas of that country. "We firmly believe that a significant number of them are there in border areas of Pakistan," Clinton said at a joint press interaction with External Affairs Minister S.M.

July 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday called on veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani at his residence here and discussed a host of issues, including India-US relations and terrorism emanating from Pakistan.

June 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States has rejected Pakistan's claim that Washington has failed to keep its promises regarding providing financial aid for the Swat region. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rejected Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's claims that Washington has failed to deliver on its promises to help Pakistan deal with issues arising out of the Swat military operation and the exodus of thousands.

May 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the Obama administration would ensure that US aid to Pakistan is not diverted to any other channel, and is utilized only for the purpose it is meant for. "The administration will make sure that there's no diversion of money or any use of it other than what it is meant for," The Dawn quoted Clinton, as saying.

May 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the United States policies towards Pakistan have been inconsistent over the last 30 years. "It is fair to say that our policy towards Pakistan over the last 30 years has been incoherent.