Pakistan Pro

President Asif Ali Zardari arrived here on Monday on a three day official visit to Japan.  The President is visiting Japan at the invitation of Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan, to further strengthen the cordial relations between the two countries and open new avenues of cooperation. This will be the President’s second visit to Japan since assuming office. During his stay in Japan, the President will call on the Emperor of Japan. He will hold summit level talks with Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif said his party will not form an alliance with the Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (PML-Q). He said the PML-N had dismissed the idea even during governor rule in Punjab. Addressing party workers in Lahore, Nawaz said there was no place in the PML-N for those who sided with a dictator. He further said the military’s duty was to guard the country’s borders, not to partake in politics.

  Unfazed by the ruling regime’s warning to stifle by any means the threat of a civil war, violent protests against Libya’s longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi were continuing in Tripoli  on Monday with reports that demonstrators had stormed state broadcasting facilities and set a number of government buildings on fire. Bursts of gunfire were heard overnight for the first time in the capital since violence broke out six days ago in Libya’s second-largest city, Benghazi. Dozens of people were reported killed in Tripoli in clashes overnight. Medical sources said 61 people had died. Human Rights Watch said the death toll had risen to 233 since the protests erupted late last week.