Bush, Pakistan PM set to grapple with growing militancy (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Concerned by Afghanistan's worsening insurgency, US President George W. Bush is expected to quiz Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in talks this week about his new government's counterterrorism strategy or, as some experts see, the lack of one.

Pakistan PM Gilani leaves for US visit (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani vowed to fight extremism and terrorism as he headed Saturday to the United States where he will meet President George W. Bush.

Pakistan unconcerned by Champions Trophy boycott threat (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Pakistan's cricket chief Saturday said he was not worried over the prospect of top players pulling out of the Champions Trophy, which the South Asian country hosts in September.

US Wants To Shift $226 Million On Pakistan Money (CBS News)
The State Department wants to use about two-thirds of its proposed military equipment aid for Pakistan's anti-terrorism programs to help the key U.S. ally upgrade its aging fleet of U.S.-made F-16 fighter planes.

Pakistan Prime Minister against meeting leaders abroad (Asia News Network)
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that it is in the interest of Pakistan to curb extremism and terrorism and we are fighting our own war. Talking to journalists at Heathrow Airport, he said, “The fight against extremism and terrorism is Pakistan’s own cause.”

War on terror is Pakistan's own war: prime minister (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Pakistan is fighting al Qaeda and the Taliban for its own interests, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Saturday as he embarked on his first official visit to the United States.

Rice: Pakistan should do more to end violence (Washington Post)
PERTH, Australia -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Pakistan needs to do more to prevent Taliban militants from launching attacks into Afghanistan from its territory.

Pakistan PM's US visit likely to go tough (News Analysis) (Islamic Republic News Agency)
Pakistan - PM - US Visit Pakistan Prime Minster Yousuf Raza Gillani's visit to the United States is likely to go tough as Washington is not satisfied with the efforts of Pakistan on war against terror.

Stayaway England won’t go down a bomb in Pakistan (Times Online)
I AM thoroughly looking forward to the Champions Trophy, to be held in Pakistan in September, even if it ends up being contested solely between the host nation and an Al-Qaeda select suicide XI, everybody else having run away.

Musharraf for strong Pakistan-U.S relations (Islamic Republic News Agency)
Pakistan - Musharraf - US President Pervez Musharraf Saturday underlined the importance of a strong relationship between Pakistan and US. The President was talking to a leading U.S. foreign policy analyst, Dr. Harlan Ullman, who called on him, a Foreign Ministry statement said.