Gilani and Asif visit ISI headquarters

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said that Pakistan was fully alive to its defence and security needs and stressed the need for more coordinated and intensive efforts on part of all security agencies to combat the elements creating in the country.

Prime Minister Gilani expressed these views during his interaction with the top officials of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) at its headquarters where he along with Pakistan Peoples Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, Federal Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Advisor to PM on Interior Rehman Malik and other senior government functionaries were briefed on the working of the sensitive agency with special reference to the role of Pakistan in the international war on terror and the repercussion being faced by the country as a result of its role as frontline state in war on terror.

On arrival at ISI Headquarters Premier Gilani and other political leaders were received by the Director General ISI Lt Gen Nadeem Taj and other high-ranking officers of the agency.