Islamabad: Pakistan's ISI chief has met
Saudi Arabian King Abdullah and delivered a message from
President Asif Ali Zardari to him in Riyadh.
Inter-Services Intelligence chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja
Pasha met Saudi King Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz Saturday night in
Riyadh and delivered Zardari's message to him.
Abdullah assured Pakistan of the Kingdom's support for
the fight against militants.
While assuring Pakistan of Saudi's support for the
campaign against militancy, King Abdullah said the sacrifices
of Pakistani soldiers and people will not go waste.
Pakistan Army is battling Taliban militants in
Waziristan. The Army has mobilised over 28,000 soldiers to
flush out an estimated 10,000 Taliban militants and foreign
fighters from South Waziristan.
The military says over 300 militants and about 35
soldiers have died so far in the two week long military
offensive codenamed 'Operation Rah-e-Nijat'.
Taliban militants have carried out more than two dozen
suicide attacks in the last two weeks killing over 300 people.
Bilateral relations also came up during the meeting,
reports said.
Bureau Report
First Published: Sunday, November 01, 2009, 14:58