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Zardari flies back to Pak after hectic daylong India visit | Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, who arrived here on
Sunday for his daylong visit to offer prayers at the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moninuddin Chisti, flew back to Rawalpindi this evening. Zardari, who prayed at
the Sufi shrine here along with his 23-year-old son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari amidst
tight security, offered a grant of Rs. five crores on behalf of his government
for the shrine. Both Zardari and his son Bilawal Bhutto offered 'chadars' at the
dargah. "The soulful happiness that I have experienced at this holy place is beyond
explanation. I pray to Allah to make life easy for the entire humanity," Zardari
wrote in a diary at the dargah. Zardari had earlier visited the Sufi saint's shrine
in 2005, with his wife, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto. Earlier
in the day, Zardari had very fruitful and constructive talks with Indian Prime
Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh during his stopover in Delhi . Both the sides expressed
satisfaction with today's talks, and showed keen interest in finding practical,
pragmatic solutions to all issues. The two leaders in their discussions noted
that there had been steady progress in the dialogue process, which was restarted
last year. Zardari also invited the Indian Prime Minister to visit Pakistan ,
which the latter happily accepted. New Delhi had suspended the peace process between
the two sides after the commando-style militant attacks in India 's commercial
capital Mumbai in 2008, by Pakistan-based militants, which caused the death of
166 people. India and Pakistan, which have fought three wars since their independence
from British rule in 1947, have been slowly trying to repair relations and agreed
to resume formal peace talks broken off in wake of the Mumbai attack in 2008.
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