President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari looks set to go ahead with his tour of the UK, after rumours of the trip being cancelled were denied by the Pakistan High Commission.
Mr Zardari will be in the UK from August 3rd to 8th and hold meetings with the British Prime Minister David Cameron, other British leaders and the Pakistani community. The trip had been in doubt following Mr. Cameron's remarks at a press conference with Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh where he said that no-one was in "any doubt" there were terrorist groups operating in Pakistan and the Pakistani government must do more to "crack down on and eliminate" them. Despite domestic pressure and calls for the tour to be cancelled, the Pakistani government has decided to go ahead with the visit.
President Zardari will meet newly elected members of British Parliament of Pakistani origin and other high government functionaries, on 5th August. Then on the 6th, he will hold a meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameroon at the Prime Minister’s country residence in Chequers, on the outskirts of London. On August 7th, he will address the Pakistani community in Birmingham's International Conference Centre. At the event, he is expected to speak about the challenges facing Pakistan and the measures taken by the present democratic government to resolve them.








