Miliband in Pak for talks on ‘zero tolerance’ towards extremism

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband arrived here Friday for talks with Pakistani leaders, after urging Islamabad to show “zero tolerance” toward militant groups blamed for the Mumbai attacks. Miliband was due to go directly into talks with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi, officials from both countries said. He also was expected to meet President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and army chief General Ashfaq Kayani before departing on Saturday, a

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