Zardari to visit Kabul Thursday
November 17th, 2009 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Islamabad, Nov 17 (IANS) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will pay an official visit to Afghanistan Thursday to attend the oath taking ceremony in Kabul by President Hamid Karzai for his second term in office.
Diplomatic sources told Online news agency that the president will be accompanied, among others, by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Interior Minister Rehman Malik.
The sources said the president, during his stay in Kabul, will hold a round table meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Washington’s new Af-Pak strategy.
Karzai was the chief guest at Zardari’s Sep 6, 2008 oath taking ceremony.
- Shah Mahmood Qureshi faces disciplinary action - Feb 14, 2011
- Hillary arrives on two-day Pakistan visit - Oct 20, 2011
- US steps in to 'save' Indo-Pak dialogue, Krishna-Qureshi may meet in Kabul - Jul 19, 2010
- Karzai inauguration ceremony begins under tight security - Nov 19, 2009
- US trouble shooter Richard Holbrooke is dead (Third Lead) - Dec 14, 2010
- Krishna meets Qureshi in Kabul at Karzai's swearing-in - Nov 19, 2009
- Qureshi, PPP patch-up after blazing row - Feb 15, 2011
- Clinton 'forced' Qureshi to grant immunity to Davis - Feb 13, 2011
- US speaking in twin voices on Times Square incident? - May 14, 2010
- Karzai castigates Pakistan for providing refuge to terrorists - Sep 16, 2010
- Qureshi was dropped at last moment: Pakistani minister - Feb 13, 2011
- US denies suspending all bilateral contacts with Pakistan on Raymond Davis issue - Feb 09, 2011
- US puts all bilateral contacts with Pak on hold until release of murder-accused diplomat - Feb 08, 2011
- Afghanistan "providing refuge" to elements terrorising Pakistan: Rehman Malik - Sep 16, 2010
- Russia seeks cooperation with India over Afghanistan - Jul 22, 2009
Tags: afghanistan, asif ali zardari, chief guest, david miliband, diplomatic sources, foreign minister, hamid karzai, hillary clinton, interior minister, islamabad, kabul, mehmood, news agency, president hamid karzai, qureshi, rehman malik, second term, secretary david, secretary of state, us secretary of state
