Islamabad, Nov 7: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has refuted media reports that his government had borne all the expenses of President Asif Ali Zardari’s recent Saudi Arabia visit.

Zardari went to Saudi Arabia on a two-day visit on Tuesday with a delegation of up to 200 people to seek financial assistance package from the kingdom.

Talking to reporters here last evening, he said that he wanted to clarify that the expenses of the “large” delegation were borne by the President, reported the Dawn.

Islamabad- Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday congratulated US president-elect Barack Obama on his watershed win, saying he was looking forward to strengthening bilateral relations "to promote peace and stability in our region and beyond."

Islamabad, Nov 5: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has appealed to the next US President to halt missile strikes on suspected Taliban targets in northwest Pakistan or risk failure in efforts against terrrorism.

Gilani said that visiting US General David Petraeus ‘looked convinced’ when he warned him the strikes were inflaming anti-American sentiment within Pakistan, but that he got no guarantee that they would end.

Islamabad, Nov 2 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the ongoing US’ air raids were “disastrous” in the eyes of the world, and that he would soon take up the matter with the US’ ambassador Anne Patterson.

Asking the world leaders to dissuade NATO and US forces from such incursions, Gilani said claimed that Afghan President Hamid Karzai had also assured him that he would take up the matter with NATO.

Multan, Oct. 4: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan will seek a civil nuclear agreement with the United States similar to the one that it has signed with India.

Talking to journalists at the Circuit House here on Friday, Gilani said that statements issued by US presidential candidates – John McCain and Barack Obama regarding Pakistan’s suspect status as far as terrorism was concerned, were part of their election rhetoric.