How Gilani played firm with US top soldier

Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani played firm with United States military chief Admiral Mike Mullen and his other generals in their meeting this week emphasising that President George Bush had personally made a commitment to respect democracy and the sovereignty of Pakistan and so should the US Army.

In an exclusive interview to The News daily, reported here Thursday, hours after his meeting with the US military officials, Gilani narrated details of how Bush had made the commitment to honour two things in Pakistan – its democracy and sovereignty.

Gilani said he had reminded the visiting US admiral on Wednesday that in his closed-door meeting during his recent trip to the US, President Bush had asked him to make two