Islamabad, Apr. 10 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari would sign the Swat peace deal only after peace and harmony returns in the region.

Talking to media persons here, Pakistan Information and Broadcasting Minister Qamaruz Zaman Kaira, made it clear that peace must be established in the valley before putting a stamp on the peace accord.

Lahore, Apr. 9 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the United States has promised not to extend the drone strikes to Balochistan.

In an interview with The Daily Times, Zardari said the Pakistan government has communicated its discontent over Washington's plan to carry out missile strikes against terror hideouts in Balochistan, replying to which the US had assured that it would not target the new region.

Zardari hoped that Balochistan's problem would be solved by the year end.

Islamabad, Apr 8 : President Asif Ali Zardari today expressed Pakistan's firm commitment to fighting extremism, and vowed to never give in to the militants and extremists.

Talking to a US Congressional delegation led by Senator John Kyl at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, Zardari said the fight against extremism cannot be won only through military means alone.

Zardari said military was only one aspect of the solution and the government has resorted to a strategy of dialogue with reconcilable elements that are willing to give up violence.

London, Apr. 8 : For the first time Pakistan has admitted that nine terrorists who were killed in the commando operation during the November 26-29 siege in Mumbai last year may have been born in Pakistan.

In an interview to The Independent, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari said that Islamabad is fully co-operating with New Delhi in the 26/11 investigations, which is still on.

London, Apr. 8 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has asked the United States to provide the unmanned remote controlled Predator aircrafts to the country so that it could carry out drone strikes against the extremists outfit based on its soil.

Zardari reiterated that the US led drone strikes targeted at militant outfits in the tribal areas along the Afghan border were an assault on Pakistan's sovereignty.

London, Apr. 8 : Pakistan''s embattled President Asif Ali Zardari has urged America to provide his country with drones and missiles and in return promised to take out the militants in the country.

In an interview with The Independent, Zardari said Pakistan had made it clear that it was willing to "take out high-value targets on our own, and we welcome the technology and intelligence assistance that will give us the ability to succeed".