Russian President Medvedev welcomes leaders at the SCO summit
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) welcomes Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari during a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg on June 16, 2009. The SCO groups Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan but leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India and Iran will also attended the summit. (UPI Photo/Alex Volgin)
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The government of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has decided against pushing a bill to protect lawmakers from corruption cases, officials said.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Pakistan's counterinsurgency action in South Waziristan may be welcome in the United States but it is putting pressure on internal relations, officials say.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The Iranian interior minister led a delegation to Pakistan on Friday to discuss the fallout from a terrorist attack in Sistan-Baluchistan province.
TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Iranian commanders called for authority to launch a major operation against the Jundallah terrorist group in Pakistan following Sunday's deadly attack.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- All it took was a simple statement to resolve a huge controversy over a well-meaning $7.5 billion U.S. aid package to Pakistan and avert what could have become a major issue in U.S.-Pakistan relations at a time when neither country can afford it.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama signed a measure Thursday to grant $7.5 billion in aid to Pakistan amid concerns from Islamabad over possible conditions.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Top U.S. lawmakers, noting Pakistan's concerns over the $7.5 billion aid package, rejected any suggestion Washington seeks to micromanage Pakistani affairs.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The rising violence in Pakistan has led Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's government to tighten security at many of the country's energy facilities.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's government could do a great deal with the windfall $7.5 billion to fix the country's crippled economy, much of whose meager resources are being swallowed to finance the fight against the escalating militant violence.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Washington is broadening its bilateral relations with Pakistan to include energy issues.
