ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday called
on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr and discussed measures to
provide immediate assistance to the people of the flood-affected areas.
Both the leaders also discussed besides devastation caused by floods
in different parts of the country, law and order in Karachi and reports
of dengue fever in some areas of the Punjab. The President also briefed
the PM on his recent visit to China and Dushanbe. The President
emphasized that all necessary measures be taken to maintain peace in
Karachi and action against lawless elements and extortionists must be
even handed and across the board regardless of political affiliations
if any of the criminal elements. He said that all possible measures
should be taken to provide relief to the flood affected people in
various parts of the country mobilizing all available resources at
federal and provincial level. The President called for urgent medical
attention to the dengue affected patients and monitoring of measures to
prevent the disease from assuming epidemic proportions. Briefing the
Prime Minister on his recent visit to Urumqi, China, where the
President attended the opening ceremony of first China-Eurasia Expo and
addressed China-Eurasia Economic Development and Cooperation Forum, the
President said that he emphasized enhanced connectivity between
countries of the region as the key to prosperity and development of the
region. He said that China Eurasia Expo is a timely and laudable
initiative of the Chinese Government to build economic bridges between
East and the West. He also briefed the PM about his visit to Dushanbe
for participation in Quadrilateral Summit of Afghanistan, Pakistan,
Russia and Tajikistan and separate bilateral meetings with the
Presidents of these countries. He said he called for expanding the
ambit of mutual transit trade agreement and to remove all hurdles that
impede economic interactions. The President said that participation of
Russia in major regional projects such as CASA-1000 was a major
development. Equally important was the Russian pledge to assist in
bringing about peace, stability and development of the region. The
President said that during his meetings with Afghan, Tajik and Russian
counterparts in Dushanbe there was unanimity of views to take practical
and effective steps on speeding up the process of developing long-term
cooperative programmes, establishing communication networks, increasing
trade and economic activities and to promote cooperation in the fight
against militancy besides other menaces such as the drug trafficking.
He said that mutual consensus on extending cooperation in various areas
including energy, infrastructure development and regional trade was a
positive development that bode well for the socio-economic prosperity
of the region. Later the president also hosted dinner for the prime
minister.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on
Monday called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr and
discussed measures to provide immediate assistance to the people of the
flood-affected areas. Both the leaders also discussed besides
devastation caused by floods in different parts of the country, law and
order in Karachi and reports of dengue fever in some areas of the
Punjab. The President also briefed the PM on his recent visit to China
and Dushanbe. The President emphasized that all necessary measures be
taken to maintain peace in Karachi and action against lawless elements
and extortionists must be even handed and across the board regardless
of political affiliations if any of the criminal elements. He said that
all possible measures should be taken to provide relief to the flood
affected people in various parts of the country mobilizing all
available resources at federal and provincial level. The President
called for urgent medical attention to the dengue affected patients and
monitoring of measures to prevent the disease from assuming epidemic
proportions. Briefing the Prime Minister on his recent visit to
Urumqi, China, where the President attended the opening ceremony of
first China-Eurasia Expo and addressed China-Eurasia Economic
Development and Cooperation Forum, the President said that he
emphasized enhanced connectivity between countries of the region as the
key to prosperity and development of the region. He said that China
Eurasia Expo is a timely and laudable initiative of the Chinese
Government to build economic bridges between East and the West. He
also briefed the PM about his visit to Dushanbe for participation in
Quadrilateral Summit of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia and Tajikistan
and separate bilateral meetings with the Presidents of these countries.
He said he called for expanding the ambit of mutual transit trade
agreement and to remove all hurdles that impede economic interactions.
The President said that participation of Russia in major regional
projects such as CASA-1000 was a major development. Equally important
was the Russian pledge to assist in bringing about peace, stability and
development of the region. The President said that during his
meetings with Afghan, Tajik and Russian counterparts in Dushanbe there
was unanimity of views to take practical and effective steps on
speeding up the process of developing long-term cooperative programmes,
establishing communication networks, increasing trade and economic
activities and to promote cooperation in the fight against militancy
besides other menaces such as the drug trafficking. He said that mutual
consensus on extending cooperation in various areas including energy,
infrastructure development and regional trade was a positive
development that bode well for the socio-economic prosperity of the
region. Later the president also hosted dinner for the prime minister. Online
