Pakistan looking forward to visit of David Cameron; Gilani 

      
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Monday said his government was looking forward to British Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to re-launch the strategic dialogue. Talking to Andrew Mitchel, British Secretary of State for International Development who called on him at the PM House, Gilani called for the need of finding new ways and means for expanding highly valuable cooperation between the two countries in political, economic and cultural fields.The Prime Minister said Andrew Mitchel’s third visit to Pakistan since the formation of new government in UK was an expression of UK’s strong solidarity with Pakistan in these difficult times and of its continued support to help Pakistan overcome its economic difficulties.  
The Prime Minister said his democratic government had taken difficult decisions in the interest of long term economic stability of the country and will remain steadfast in introducing the much needed reforms particularly by expanding its tax base to enable sustained progress and development of the country.
The Prime Minister welcomed the UK’s commitment to provide 250 Million for the education sector which he said was the top priority of his government in the social sector.
He hoped that Pakistan-UK Education Task Force, being an important theme of strategic dialogue, would continue to work closely to help build an institutional base of cooperation in this important field.
The Prime Minister said UK was amongst those few development partners of Pakistan which had helped Pakistan through budgetary support and called for enhancing the portion of this support in UK’s regular assistance programme for 2011-12 to 2012-13.
Andrew Mitchel said the UK regards itself as one of the oldest and most reliable friend of Pakistan and will continue to assist and support Pakistan in these difficult times. 
Mitchel said the UK will persist in its efforts to assist Pakistan through its difficulties as Pakistan rightly deserves the support of all the important donor countries and world at large at this critical juncture.
He said his government fully acknowledges and commends the efforts being made by the democratic government in Pakistan for taking difficult decisions, the major part of which was expansion of domestic revenue generation.
Minister of State for EAD & Finance Mrs Hina Rabbani Khar, Senator Syeda Sughra Imam, Secretary Foreign Affairs and other senior officers were also present in the meeting.