Islamabad, Jan 21: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that his government did not direct Interior Adviser Rehman Malik to convey the Pakistan People's Party's viewpoint to PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif.

Talking to reporters on Tuesday, Gilani said Malik might have met Sharif for official reasons.

"The adviser did not meet Sharif for political reasons," The Daily Times quoted him, as saying.

To a question about the newly-inducted United States administration, Gilani hoped that President Barack Obama would review the polices of the previous US regime

"Like Pakistanis, Americans voted for change, therefore, change is expected", he said.

Islamabad, Jan. 16 : Toughening his stance against the PPP regime in the country, Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Muslim League-N (PML-N) Chief Nawaz Sharif has said that there is no difference between the present `democratic' government in Pakistan and dictatorship.

"In a democracy Parliament is sovereign and the sword of Article 58(2)b does not dangle over it, judiciary is independent and the government does not bow before international pressures in matters involving national interest," The Dawn quoted Sharif, as saying.

Lahore/Islamabad, Jan. 17 : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked India to respond positively to the crackdown being carried out by Pakistan on the terrorist outfits.

According to The Daily Times, Nawaz Sharif met with the Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Satyabrata Pal, and said that India should respond positively to steps being taken by Pakistan with regards to the Mumbai terror attacks.

Lahore, Jan 16 : Pakistan National Assembly member and son-in-law of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Captain (retired) Mohammad Safdar, has asked President Asif Ali Zardari to quit as he has failed to honour the commitments made to the people.

Safdar was in Mardan to attend a meeting of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz wherein Farooq Khan Hoti, son of Federal Minister Khwaja Muhammad Khan Hoti belonging to the Awami National Party announced that he was joining PML-N, The News reported.

Addressing a meeting of the PML-N workers at Hoti, Mardan, Safdar said Zardari should step down, as he could not live up to the expectations of the people, and had failed to fulfil the commitments made to the masses during electioneering.

Islamabad, Jan 14: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has stressed on the supremacy of parliament by saying he is ready to back Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani if President Asif Ali Zardari attempts to take back his power to dissolve the assemblies.

"If the presidency tries to create hurdles in our way, then the PML-N will extend its support to the Prime Minister," Sharif told reporters at the Punjab House here.