President Zardari arrives in Saudi Arabia

[somebozo]

President Zardari arrives in Saudi Arabia
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JEDDAH, July 20 (APP): President Asif Ali Zardari arrived here from Karachi on a two-day important visit to Saudi Arabia during which he will hold talks with King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz.President Zardari, upon his arrival at the King Abdul Aziz International Airport, was received by Second Deputy Premier and Minister for Interior Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Governor Makkah Prince Khalid Al Faisal and the Mayor of Jeddah.Pakistan’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Muhammad Naeem Khan, Consul General Abdul Salik Khan, Senior Saudi Protocol Officers, dignitaries and Pakistani Officials were also present at the airport to receive the President.The President is accompanied by Minister for Interior Rehman Malik and Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar.
Briefing media, Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar said that the visit is aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and taking forward the consultative process on issues of peace, security and political stability in countries of the region that have recently been witnessing violence and turmoil.


The visit comes on the heels of President Zardari’s whirlwind tours of Iran and Afghanistan during which he held series of meetings with the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.


As a special gesture, the Saudi government accepted the credentials of new Pakistan envoy Muhammad Naeem Khan within hours of his arrival in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

 

[fd24]

There is a new film coming out in August called "Planet of the Apes" . Lead role should have been given to Zardari....
Is anybody out their proud he is our "president" and representing our country? How did he win the elections??

 

[Leviza]

There is a new film coming out in August called "Planet of the Apes" . Lead role should have been given to Zardari....
Is anybody out their proud he is our "president" and representing our country? How did he win the elections??

I'm not sure about the new film "Planet of Apes"...
He won elections as his wife died and he was like "main aek aur khoon di hoon nation ko"......

 

[Cloakedvessel]

Your president does like to travel? It seems he is in a different place almost every week.

 

[Patriot]

Your president does like to travel? It seems he is in a different place almost every week.

Yeah - I would too if i was presented travel package with all expenses paid for by the state with VIP Security and 5 star hotels.

 

[soul hacker]

Yeah - I would too if i was presented travel package with all expenses paid for by the state with VIP Security and 5 star hotels.

isn't 7 star

 

[soul hacker]

 

[Respect4Respect01]

Yeah - I would too if i was presented travel package with all expenses paid for by the state with VIP Security and 5 star hotels.

and like 200-300 ppl with him for no reason lol/

 

[Meengla]

I'm not sure about the new film "Planet of Apes"...
He won elections as his wife died and he was like "main aek aur khoon di hoon nation ko"......

You guys like to BS a lot. PPP was the single largest party even in the 2002 elections under Musharraf when it was widely understood that PPP would not be allowed to power--not even in Sindh. In 1971, 1977, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2008 elections PPP was either outright the largest vote taker or the largest seat taker. Almost all of these elections took place when PPP was not in power. You want to 'sympathy vote' then see what happened in India in 1984 post-Indira Gandhi. 2008 elections were not sympathy votes.

Zardari is out there securing Pakistan's interests in three vital countries related to Afghanistan an all you and many like you can do here is to come up with BS/lies and personal attacks against him.

 

[muse]

I will agree with the Zardari is out there securing Pakistani interests part - the PPP itself, well, populism party of Pakistan is has been.

His meeting in Iran and Kabul will go a long towards securing Pakistani interests, even as Saudi Arabia (along with US and by extension Israel) reportedly tried to pressure Pakistan to not attend the meetings in Tehran and Kabul.

Saudi Arabia has awakened to a nightmare scenario, the Arab masses refuse to buy into the Islamist ideas inspired by the Saudi, and Saudi Arabia's personal attacks on Zardari had brought much bad blood between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia, Hoping to buy off Pakistan, will find today, that is not as easy as it once was.

 

[TARIQ BN ZIYAAD]

Assalam alaikum

Good move, I hope pakistan can help defuse the tension in the region. Though i m no fan of zardari.

Muse, The referendum held some months ago in egypt more then 77 percent wanted the 2nd article of the constitution there and kept it and it was one of the most debated articles. Muslims love islam and respect it and want their laws drawn in light of it. All the secular and liberal forces were crying after the vote.

TARIQ

 

[muse]

Muslim love Islam and want justice - not some idiot mullahs giving fatwas that women should offer their breasts to ghair men to suckle, in order to not be in purdah with them - Islamist *****

 

[Al Bhatti]

Zardari mediating to ease Riyadh-Tehran tensions

Pakistani president to meet Abdullah after Iran visit

July 21, 2011

Riyadh: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is reportedly mediating between Saudi Arabia and Iran to patch up their strained relations, according to well-informed diplomatic sources.

After meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran on Saturday, Zardari arrived in Jeddah yesterday afternoon. He is scheduled to hold wide-ranging talks with King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz at Al Salam Palace in Jeddah.

The talks would focus on improving bilateral relations and strengthening cooperation in various fields.

Diplomatic efforts

The diplomatic efforts by Pakistan to improve relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran would culminate in the meeting between Zardari and King Abdullah.

One of the major goals of Zardari's visit to Iran was normalising Saudi-Iranian relations to the level that existed before the Kingdom's sending of troops to Bahrain, according to a report carried by Saudi online newspaper Elaph.

During the visit, Zardari held extensive talks with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Ahmadinejad, and other high ranking officials.

According to the newspaper, the visit of Zardari was held under the coordination of the ministry of interior instead of the ministry of foreign affairs. Interior Minister Rahman Malek accompanied Zardari during the visit to Iran.

"One of the major goals of Zardari's visit to the Kingdom is to brief King Abdullah on the outcome of his visit to Iran and the Pakistani efforts to improve the strained relations between Riyadh and Tehran," the newspaper said. It also pointed out that Rahman Malek is acting as the special envoy of Zardari in this respect. Malek recently visited Saudi Arabia immediately after his visit to Tehran.

Press briefing

Meanwhile, in a press briefing before leaving for Jeddah, Zardari said that his two-day visit to the Kingdom comes at a very important time in terms of regional political developments.

He said bilateral relations are deeply rooted and are distinguished by the bonds of the Islamic faith and common interests, stressing that the already strong relations will further develop in the future.

The two countries believe that peace must not only prevail in the region but in the entire world.

President Zardari, who last visited the Kingdom in 2008, is accompanied by a high level delegation. During his visit, he is scheduled to perform Umrah and visit Masjid Al Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Madinah.

The real target

A Western strategic expert warned that the Iranian nuclear programme is targeting not Israel but the Arab world in general and Saudi Arabia in particular.

This was stated by the German expert Dr Guido Steinberg while addressing a seminar entitled "Saudi Arabia and the Gulf: A house built on sand?" organised by the Global Policy Institute in London on Tuesday evening.

Dr Guido, who is an Islamic studies scholar and a researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin, also said that Iran would announce next year its capability to enrich uranium for making nuclear bombs. "Iran would strive to misuse its nuclear capability for its blackmailing tactics and imposing its dictates in the region. The main target of its nuclear programme is Saudi Arabia and not Israel," he said. The expert's comment came in the wake of the strained relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

gulfnews : Zardari mediating to ease Riyadh-Tehran tensions

 

[muse]

If the report is accurate, that is to say that if indeed Pakistan, in the person of Zardari, is working to attenuate tensions between the Ayatollahs of Iran and the Wahabi king, then we can all support this -- however, we should look at the claim about the substance of the Zaradi trip to Arabia as reported above, with a Jaundiced eye -- this trip was a last minute concession by Zardari, it certainly was not a planned or long scheduled trip as most of such missions usually are - Saudi Arabia are isolated in the larger community of Muslim majority states, and Zardari has been magnanimous - yes, I know what you may think, Zardari magnanimous, but consider, the Wahabi king had been most impolitic by publicly engaging in a personal attack against Zardari.

 

[darkinsky]

There is a new film coming out in August called "Planet of the Apes" . Lead role should have been given to Zardari....
Is anybody out their proud he is our "president" and representing our country? How did he win the elections??

zerdari would be included in the planet of the dogs haha