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Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has termed the cordial relations between Pakistan and Australia as important and called for enhanced people to people contacts, high level visits and Parliamentary exchanges between the two countries. The Prime Minister was talking to Pakistan’s High Commissioner designate to Australia, Mr. Abdul Malik Abdullah who paid a farewell call on him at PM’s House here this afternoon. The Prime Minister said that he is looking forward to his visit to Perth and [...]

Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani directed the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources to prepare a comprehensive strategy to meet the energy needs particularly gas and petroleum for the next two years. He also stressed that the Gas Load Management Plan for the country be prepared and announced urgently. The Prime Minister was talking to Dr Asim Hussain, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources who called on him at the PM’s House this afternoon. The Prime Minister reiterated [...]

Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has asked the Federal Minister for Interior to make a coordinated effort with all the provincial governments to improve the security situation in the country. He further asked him to strengthen the intelligence gathering and sharing mechanism for achieving the goals. The Prime Minister in his meeting with Federal Minister for Interior, Mr. Rehman Malik at PM’s Secretariat here this afternoon, said that necessary steps must be taken to enhance the counter militancy [...]

Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that provision of basic amenities of life to all the citizen of Pakistan is the basic objective of the Government and in this regard various schemes have been introduced to directly provide relief to the downtrodden segments of the society. He mentioned that BISP and the Prime Minister’s Housing scheme for the low income clearly define the government’s agenda. The Prime Minister was talking to Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat, Minister for [...]

Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said that joint strategy to monitor cross border movement on the western borders would greatly help check infiltration of undesirable elements damaging the efforts to bring about peace and stability in the region. Pakistan, he added, desires the success of Afghan owned reconciliation peace process which would positively impact the security environment. The Prime Minister was talking to Ch Ahmad Mukhtar, Minister for Defence who called on him here at the Prime Minister’s [...]

Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said that Pakistan sincerely desires for peace and stability in the region to ensure development and prosperity. It is in this context, he said, that Pakistan supports the Afghan led reconciliation peace process. The Prime Minister was talking to Foreign Secretary, Mr. Salman Bashir at the Prime Minister’s House this evening who called on him to seek his guidance on upcoming trilateral core group meeting taking place in Kabul tomorrow. The Prime Minister [...]

Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said that PPP’s victory in Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections reflects that the people have confidence in the commitment of Pakistan Peoples’ Party for the cause of Kashmiri people. The party, he added, would continue with its policy of reconciliation and like to take along other parties for the larger interest of the people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The Prime Minister who is also the Senior Vice President of PPP was talking [...]