Zardari, Cameron discuss joint cooperation

Zardari, Cameron discuss joint cooperation News
LONDON: President Asif Ali Zardari met British Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street on Friday, Geo News reported. The two leaders discussed ways to enhance strategic dialogue and the killing of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by US Navy Seals in Abbottabad on May 2.

Speaking to the media after the meeting, Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said that the British PM told President Zardari militants in Afghanistan were on the back foot and Pakistan could play a major role in the political settlement in the country. He added that Britain appreciated Pakistan’s sacrifices in the war against terrorism.

The Presidential spokesman also told the media that Prime Minister Cameron pledged his support to Pakistan stating that Britain was a friend of democracy.
   

AJK poll rigging planned at Presidency: Ibrahim

AJK poll rigging planned at Presidency: Ibrahim
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Jammu Kashmir People’s Party Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Friday rejected the results of recently held Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) Legilative Assembly elections, alleging that rigging of the polls was planned at Presidency, Geo News reported.

At a press conference here, Sardar Khalid Ibrahim announced that on July 4 his party would organize a protest rally against the ‘direct role of the Federal Government in the rigging of the AJK elections’.

He said his party would also chalk out its future course in consultation with its electoral ally Pakistan Muslim League-N.
   

9 hurt as wall collapses in Raiwind

9 hurt as wall collapses in Raiwind
LAHORE: Nine people received injuries when a wall of a house collapsed due to rain in Raiwind area, Lahore.

Nine people including Humaira, Rasheed and Bashir were hurt when the wall caved in as a result of rain.

Rescue and emergency services reached the spot and shifted the injured to a hospital where their condition is said to be out of danger.