Times Online (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
The Prime Minister of Pakistan today slapped down a suggestion from Gordon Brown that his country should do more to hunt down Osama bin Laden, insisting on a visit to Downing Street that the al-Qaeda head was not even on Pakistani territory.
ArmsControlWonk (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
... as Chairman of the National Command Authority, transferring them to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. Pakistan’s history has been marked by triangular jockeying among Pakistan’s Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Army Chiefs, as well as Constitutional gyrations facilitating Army, Parliamentary, and Presidential rule. Against this backdrop, does this change in the Chairmanship...
Pakistan Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
The News has reported the Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani is set to dissolve the cabinet next week and will replace it with 15 members cabinet initially. The new cabinet will consist of about 15 members in the first phase while the expansion process will continue subsequently. All the ministers, ministers of state, special assistants and advisers will cease to stay in their offices...
Minstrel Boy (Free subscription) | yesterday
... week that he was transferring formal control over Pakistan's nuclear arsenal to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, and Pakistan's president is being pressured to shed additional powers -- such as the right to dismiss the parliament and make key military appointments." U.S. officials acknowledge that significant opposition to his rule has limited Mr. Zardari's effectiveness. He...
Sify (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Days after President Obama expressed concern about Pakistan based 'terror hot beds', Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has vehemently refuted the notion about any existential threat posed
Rantburg (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
[Dawn] Funeral prayers for high-ranking officers, including Major-General Bilal Omar, who died in yesterday's Parade Land mosque attack, were held at the Chaklala garrison on Saturday. Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani attended the funeral prayers. General Kayani said acts of cowardice will not dent the resolve of the armed...
Sify (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
While Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has denied the presence of the Taliban leadership in the country, US Central Command Chief General David Petraeus has reiterated that top Taliban
NHatky (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
LONDON: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani talked down the anti-US feeling gripping much of the country, saying that Pakistanis now saw the fight against militants as “their war”, reported ARY NEWS. “It is our war that we are fighting, not a proxy war for the US. It’s a war for our own sake,” Prime Minister [...]
Military Analysis (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
... Pak PM Gilani's PRO admits Headley is his half-brother ". "Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's public relations officer [PRO] on Saturday acknowledged that David Coleman Headley [a/k/a Daood Gilani], a terror suspect detained in the United States, is his half-brother, but dismissed as incorrect reports that his family is related to the premier." This is Public...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Yousuf Raza Gilani denies al-Qaida leader is in his country and calls on western security to produce 'credible' intelligence Pakistan's prime minister today publicly rebutted Gordon Brown's demand that he "take out" Osama bin Laden, stating categorically that the al-Qaida leader was not in his country and rejecting suggestions that the US should flood Pakistan with intelligence...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday returned home after four-day official visits to Germany and Britain, the official news agency APP reported. Talking to media before leaving Britain for Pakistan on Thursday, the prime minister said U.S. President Barack Obama's statement was very encouraging for Pakistan in which he had vowed to promote security and prosperity...
MSNBC.com: South and Central Asia (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani defends his country's efforts in fighting terrorism and declines to explicitly endorse Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Barack Obama - Afghanistan - Pakistan - Prime minister - United States
NHatky (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
LONDON: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said peace and stability in the region cannot materialize unless the lingering dispute of Kashmir is resolved peacefully through negotiations, reported ARY NEWS. “Pakistan desires peaceful relations with India and that the stalled Composite Dialogue process should be resumed,” Gilani told a large gathering of Pakistani community...
Politics.co.uk (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Pakistani prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani demonstrated his willingness to disagree with Gordon Brown in their joint press conference this morning.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday praised Pakistan's efforts in tackling extremism and pledged more support for its counterterrorism endeavors. &$ &$Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) greets his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani on the step of 10 Downing Street in central London, December 3, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)&$ &$ "It's true...
