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Thursday, October 24, 2013
Trip to US : Gilani slams Nawaz for not taking oppsition on boardMULTAN: Former prime minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that it was better if the prime minister had taken all parties into confidence before leaving for the United States. Talking to the media on Wednesday, he said that Nawaz Sharif during his meeting with the US leadership should express the interests of Pakistan. To a question, he said that militants occupied Afghanistan after Russia’s withdrawal in 1989. About Afghan refugees, Gilani said that at present at least 2 million Afghan refugees were still residing in Pakistan. The former PM said that Nawaz Sharif should talk on security of the country, besides drone strikes. He added that Nawaz should also talk on civil nuclear technology. On the Pak-Iran gas pipeline project, he said the project had immense significance. About his abducted son Ali Haider Gilani, the former PM said, “The Taliban demand the release of their men who are in Adyala Jail, Rawalpindi, which is not in my hand.” online
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk