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Awaz Apni ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani have strongly condemned the killing of Raza Haider, MQM leader and Member Sindh Assembly, who was shot dead by unknown assailants in Karachi on Monday evening. The President and Prime Minister in their separate messages expressed shock and grief over the unfortunate incident and directed the concerned authorities to investigate the tragic happening and take all necessary steps to bring the culprits to justice. They conveyed their condolences to the bereaved family and prayed to Almighty Allah to rest the departed soul in eternal peace and grant courage to the bereaved family to bear this irreparable loss with equanimity.

Awaz Apni: SHARM EL SHEIKH: The foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India met here late Tuesday night on the sidelines of NAM summit in a bid to start the peace process and resolve other issues of mutual importance.Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir while briefing media after his one and a half hour long meeting with Indian counterpart Shiv Shankar Menon said Pakistan discussed it’s leadership and peoples’ desire to work towards constructive relationship with India. “We believe to get back to structural dialogue and arrived at what we need to resolve between the two governments,” he said. The Foreign Secretary said, “We talked about regional cooperation and I underscored the fact that despite differences we have allowed the regional cooperation to go along.” He said Pakistan was not shy of addressing the issued of terrorism and there was a great clarity and great determination on part of the government and the nation. He said Pakistan had been giving India periodic update of the investiga...