The European Union wants to boost Pakistan in its fight against Islamist militants at their first ever joint summit in Brussels on Wednesday as part of Europe's own efforts to fight insurgents in Afghanistan, EU officials said Tuesday.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari visited central China's Hubei province on Saturday for talks on cooperation in agriculture, hydropower and trade.

Zardari was scheduled to meet Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo in the provincial capital, Wuhan, and tour the giant Three Gorges dam and power project on the Yangtze river, the Chinese foreign ministry said.

He would travel on Sunday to the economic hub of Shanghai, where he planned to focus on finance, banking and urban development, Chinese and Pakistani officials said.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was expected to arrive on a one-day trip to Afghanistan on Tuesday to hold talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on ways to combat Taliban-led militants active in both South-Asian nations, a government spokesman said.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, who was scheduled Friday to visit Kabul for the first time for talks with his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, has canceled his trip because of bad weather, the

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will request the Saudi leadership to defer payments on oil exports for the next two years to help his country avert a balance of payment crisis when he arrives in the kingdom on an official visit on Tuesday, his spokesman said.

US President George W Bush Tuesday met with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari as the two countries seek to defuse tension over US military strikes in Pakistan.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday left Islamabad to attend the 63rd UN General Assembly session, a day after the country's worst terrorist attack took place in the city, killing at least 50 people and wound

Pakistan's new President Asif Ali Zardari said Saturday his government would not allow any foreign nation to carry out attacks inside the country.