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AFP - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was expected in Moscow on Wednesday for talks with Russian leaders on his first major foreign visit since the killing of Osama bin Laden by US forces. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will host Zardari for talks on Thursday at the Kremlin where officials from the two countries were also expected to sign agreements on cooperation in agriculture, aviation and energy, a spokesman for the Pakistan Embassy in Moscow told AFP. "Economics will be the focus of the visit," said the spokesman, Raja Abdul Qayyum. The three-day visit to Russia will be Zardari's first...

Pakistan's ambassador to China says Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's warm words about his country's relationship with Beijing are not indicative of a shift away from the U.S. Ambassador Masood Khan tells VOA that Islamabad believes good relations with both the U.S. and China are needed to eliminate terrorism and extremism. Gilani told China's official Xinhua news agency that China is his country's "best and most trusted friend." Gilani also praised China for supporting Islamabad following the U.S. raid that killed terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. The Pakistani prime minister spoke ahead of a four-day visit to China to mark...

WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who arrived in Washington on Sunday afternoon to attend a two-day nuclear summit, launched Pakistan’s campaign for international acceptance as a responsible nuclear state soon after his arrival.

KARACHI: Benazir Bhutto’s son, Bilawal Zardari, is likely to succeed her as the PPP’s chief but he will not be able to lead the PPP immediately because of his education. “Ultimately, Bilawal has to lead the party. But someone else might lead the party for now as ‘guide’,” PPP Deputy Information Secretary Sajjad Bokhari told Daily Times.