President Zardari leaves London for USA today, Strict security for Zardari in NY

Zardari will leave London for US to represent Pak at the UN General Assembly here on Monday. The President is accompanied by senior Pakistani officials including Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Finance Minister Naveed Qamar, Information Minister Sherry Rehman and Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security Mahmoud Ali Durrani. As many as 130 head of states are expected to attend the 63rd session of UN’s General Assembly in USA. President Zardari is also scheduled to meet heads of state from countries like China, Iran, India, France, Turkey, Brazil and Afghanistan over five days. He is slated to meet other important personalities, including the President of the World Bank, the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Scheduled to land in New York around 10pm Pakistan time, President Zardari will have his first meeting with President George W. Bush on Tuesday where he is expected to discuss territorial violations of US military into Pakistani areas along Afghan border. President Zadora’s meeting with Indian Prime Minster Manmohan Singh will help take the Pak-India peace process forward. Strict security measures are being implemented for President Asif Ali Zardari as he arrived in New York to lead the Pakistan delegation at the U.N.’s 63rd General Assembly meeting. The increased security came in the wake of the deadly suicide truck bombing at the Marriott hotel in Islamabad Saturday. Sharp shooters, roadblocks, mobile command posts and bomb sniffing dogs have been deployed all around the hotel where the President would stay. Most of Zardari's meetings have been restricted, and only members of the accompanying delegation will be allowed to move alongside him. An advance security team from Pakistan is already in the U.S. to coordinate with the local authorities here.