Zardari, Gilani condemn attack on Sri Lankan team

October 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Saturday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the Pakistan Army headquarters in Rawalpindi. In separate messages, the leaders vowed to continue their fight against the militants and said such acts of violence cannot weaken the nation's resolve to fight the menace of terrorism, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported.

July 22nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has dismissed reports of any misunderstandings with President Asif Ali Zardari, saying that he regularly interacts with Zardari. "I meet the president regularly and have frequent telephonic conversations with him on all issues," the Daily Times quoted Gilani, as saying.

July 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the military offensive against the Taliban would continue until all the extremists are rooted out from the country. "The fight against militancy and terrorism will end with the complete elimination of militants," Zardari said during a meeting with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani here.

June 17th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani police have arrested a man suspected of involvement in the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in March this year, a media report said Wednesday. The suspect, identified as Zubair, has been arrested.

April 2nd, 2009 LAHORE - Salman Taseer, the governor of Pakistan's Punjab province, may be living on borrowed time with Shahbaz Sharif, who has just got back as chief minister, accusing the administration of 'criminal negligence' in not being able to prevent two terror attacks here last month. The province was under governor's rule at the time of the March 3 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team that claimed the lives of six security personnel and the March 30 assault on the Manawan police academy in which 18 people were killed.

March 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is keen to ensure a smooth passage of his address to the joint sitting of parliament, scheduled for the first week of April to set off new parliamentary year. Zardari told Prime Minister Gilani to make sure that there is no protest or walkout when he addresses the joint sitting, The Nation reports.

March 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Monday called off the 'Long March' of opposition politicians and lawyers after incumbent Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced that deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry would be reinstated on March 21 after present Chief Justice Dogar retires. In an address to the nation, Gilani declared that President Zardari had agreed to most of Nawaz Sharif's demands.

March 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Strongly condemning the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, former president Pervez Musharraf Thursday termed it a conspiracy against Pakistan. 'Whatever happened was very bad.

March 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday assured Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohita Bogollagama that the perpetrators of the assault on his country's cricket team would be punished for their crimes. Bogollagama arrived in Islamabad to discuss Tuesday's brazen attack in the eastern city of Lahore where more than a dozen gunmen ambushed the Sri Lankan team's convoy, killing six Pakistani policemen and wounding seven visiting sportsmen and their coach.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has condemned the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan, calling it 'horrid'. He has also urged people around the world to live in 'strength and defiance'.

March 3rd, 2009 RANCHI - Fans of Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni Tuesday burnt an effigy of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and condemned the attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Pakistani city of Lahore. Hundreds of cricket lovers of the Dhoni Fans Club gathered near the Albert Ekka roundabout and shouted slogans like 'Pakistan Murdabad, Zardari hai hai, Taliban hai hai' (condemning Pakistan, Zardari and the Taliban).

March 3rd, 2009 LAHORE - Five policemen were killed and six Sri Lankan cricket team members were injured Tuesday morning when gunmen opened fire at the bus carrying the cricketers here, the police said. 'Six of our players were wounded during the shooting incident targeting the Test team travelling to the match venue at Lahore.

March 3rd, 2009 MUMBAI - The Indian cricket board Tuesday expressed its shock over the dastardly attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore. 'The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) expresses its sorrow and anguish over the dastardly attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team at Lahore.

March 3rd, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lanka Tuesday described as 'appalling' the terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan's Lahore city. 'It is appalling that anybody should have targeted a sporting team in such a brutal manner.

February 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani Thursday strongly condemned the bomb blast in eastern Pakistan that killed at least 25 people and more than 20 others injured. In their separate messages, both Zardari and Gilani deplored the loss of innocent lives and directed the health authorities to provide best medical care to the injured.