PAKISTAN TIMES Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani speaks with EU envoy Jan De Kok in Islamabad Thursday, June 19, 2008. Gilani tells Kok: Pakistan to Augment Ties with EU ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani expressing satisfaction over the country’s longstanding and broad-based relations with the European Union on Thursday underlined that Pakistan was keen to further augment these ties especially in the economic, security and counter terrorism areas....... Full Story>>>

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