Islamabad, Jan 28 : President Asif Ali Zardari has sought the diplomatic community's help to stop the United States from carrying out drone attacks on al Qaeda militants in Pakistan's Tribal Areas bordering Afghanistan.

Speaking at a dinner hosted for foreign ambassadors on Tuesday, Zardari said Pakistan had joined the anti-terror war for its own security, but the US drone attacks were proving detrimental to its efforts.

Islamabad, Jan 27: President Asif Ali Zardari has cancelled a meeting with the Pakistan team to avoid useless criticism after their dismal performance in the recently concluded three-match series against Sri Lanka.

Zardari has alternatively suggested a roundtable conference of former cricket greats to address problems affecting Pakistan cricket.

Islamabad, Jan. 25 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has told Prime Minister of Pakistan-administered occupied Kashmir Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan that Islamabad is committed to extending its political, moral and diplomatic support to the Kashmiris in their struggle for their rights.

Zardari also inquired about various development projects in Kashmir. He took particular interest on the rehabilitation of the Mangla Dam victims and the development of New Mirpur City.

Islamabad, Jan. 25 : Worried by the rising extremism in Pakistan's tribal regions, President Asif Ali Zardari has said that every effort would be made to develop the troubled area on the lines of Assam and Alaska, once peace is restored there.

"The tribal areas would be developed on the Assam and Alaska models with public-private partnership for industrialization," the Daily Times quoted Zardari, as saying.

Islamabad, Jan. 20 : Pakistan has once again urged the United States to stop the drone attacks in the tribal areas along the Pakistan -Afghanistan border.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari met US CENTCOM Chief General David Petraeus here and said that the US drone attacks on Al Qaeda and Taliban targets in the tribal region of the country is weakening the writ of the government and destabilizing the political process, The News reported.

He said that the US led attacks were proving counter-productive in the `war on terror' in the region.

Islamabad, Jan. 20 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that his country will not compromise on the issue of national security.

Zardari met Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani here and told him that the government will not compromise on national security in any case, The Daily Times reported.

During the meeting, General Kayani briefed Zardari about the security situation in Pakistan, including the rise in tension with India.