Gilani invites US special envoy Holbrooke to Pakistan

August 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has urged the US to provide drone technology to Pakistan, a media report said. He also demanded an end to the US drone attacks inside Pakistan.

August 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has once again requested the United States to provide it with drone technology, so that it can carry out operations against the Taliban and other extremist groups in the lawless tribal region along the Afghan border. n a meeting with the US Special Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Pakistanis were concerned about the US drone attacks inside their country, and that the missile hits were proving counterproductive in the war on terror.

July 23rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has urged the United States to provide the latest military technology and real time intelligence inputs to help it to counter the terror threat. During his meeting with US Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Pakistan needs the latest technology and real-time, credible and actionable intelligence to counter militancy effectively.

July 22nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - US special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke on Wednesday said that former President Pervez Musharraf is now history and that the US will not come to defend him. Talking to media here, Holbrooke termed Musharraf's case as Pakistan's internal issue, and added that the US respects Pakistan's judiciary and free press.

July 22nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - US Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke has said India, Pakistan and the United States face a common enemy, and that a joint effort is needed to crush the threat facing the region. Addressing a press conference here, Holbrooke said: "India, Pakistan and the US are surrounded by a common enemy.

July 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - US special envoy Richard Holbrooke is headed for Pakistan and Afghanistan on a trip that focuses on the plight of internal refugees and security issues and will also take him to India. "Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke is travelling to Pakistan July 21 through 23 and then subsequently to Afghanistan," White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs said Tuesday.

June 6th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has reiterated that the United States should provide drone technology to Pakistan, so that it can carry out missile hits on extremists on its own. Talking to media persons on the sidelines of a foundation laying ceremony at the Aiwan-e-Quaid-e-Azam here, Gilani said Pakistan has clarified its stance on drone attacks to the United States during his recent meeting with US Special Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke.

June 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has urged the United States to write off all its debt to help Islamabad overcome the prevalent economic crisis. In a meeting with the US Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke here, Gilani said Pakistan has been facing a difficult economic situation primarily due to its participation in the US led 'war on terror'.

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.

June 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke on Wednesday said the United States is seeking an extra 200 million dollar in emergency aid to help Pakistanis displaced by a military offensive in the northwest against the Taliban. "Today, the president has asked me to inform you and your government that he has requested the Congress of the United States to allocate an additional 200 million dollars," The News quoted Holbrooke, as saying.

April 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that normalcy is returning in Swat, and that no one including the US should be worried about the situation. "Pakistan knows well how to safeguard its national interests and the US special envoy Richard Holbrooke should not be worried about situation in Swat," the Daily Times quoted Gilani, as saying.

February 9th, 2009 LONDON - Britain has named Sherard Cowper-Coles as its new envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan. Cowper-Coles, currently British ambassador to Afghanistan, will be appointed as special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, a new post, the foreign office said Monday.

February 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Mumbai terror attacks did not figure in the discussion with visiting US special envoy Richard Holbrooke, Pakistani Foreign Ministser Shah Mehmood Qureshi said here Tuesday. 'In the interactions we had, Mumbai did not surface at all,' he replied when asked at a press conference whether the Mumbai mayhem that India has blamed on elements operating from this country, figured in his discussions with Holbrooke, whom US President Barack Obama has appointed as his special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

February 8th, 2009 MUNICH - US special envoy Richard Holbrooke will arrive in Pakistan on a two-day visit Monday, Geo TV reported. He will hold separate meetings with President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and other top officials, the report said.

January 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama's special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke will travel to South Asia after attending the Munich security conference, the State Department said Thursday. 'Ambassador Holbrooke ...