Lahore, Jan 14 : President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the resolution of all outstanding issues between India and Pakistan is vital for durable peace in the region, and called for a resumption of the composite dialoguethat was broken off after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in November last year.

Zardari expressed these views during a lunch hosted for TERI University Director General Dr RK Pachauri at the Presidency, the Daily Times reported.

Islamabad, Jan 14 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that parliament is authorised to decide on the powers of the President and the Prime Minister, and added that he would accept whatever decision is made regarding amendments to the Constitution.

"I believe in the sovereignty of parliament and the strengthening of the democratic institutions," he told a four-member delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) delegation in a meeting at the Presidency.

Islamabad, Jan. 13 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari will attend the swearing-in ceremony of the US President Barack Obama in Washington DC on January 20.

Islamabad, Jan. 6 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that India is using the Mumbai terrorist attacks for fulfilling its political agenda against Pakistan.

In a meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Richard Boucher, Zardari stated that New Delhi is trying to gain international support and sympathy in the wake of Mumbai terror attacks, the Nation reported.

He reiterated that Pakistan had offered every possible co-operation to India for investigating the Mumbai incident.

Islamabad, Jan. 5 : President Asif Ali Zardari conferred the award of Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam on Richard Boucher, U. S.. Assistant Secretary of State for Central and South Asian Affairs, at a special investiture ceremony at the Aiwan-e-Sadr here on Monday.

The award was conferred on Boucher for his services to Pakistan, The News reported.

Islamabad, Jan. 3 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has appealed to both Iran and China to join the global war on terror.

Talking to special envoy of Iran Gholam Hossein Nozari who called on him at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Saturday, Zardari said he was concerned about the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Gaza Strip, and that there was a need for the international community to step in and halt the violence that has claimed over 430 lives so far.