<p>Cameron, whose comments in India about Pakistan 'looking both ways' on terrorism sparked a diplomatic row, has also flatly rejected Zardari's contention that the NATO forces were losing the battle in Afghanistan. Zardari arrived at Heathrow last night dressed in jeans with his daughter Asifa and son Bilawal and was later driven to the Churchill Hotel in London's West End, where a crowd of protesters had gathered.<br /><br />Zardari is facing criticism for not cancelling the official visit to Britain after Cameron's comments in India, and also for being away from Pakistan at a time when the country is facing unprecedented floods. On his part, Cameron refused to back down on his remarks he made in India and said he had no regrets over his comments about Pakistan's involvement in terror. He said the two countries' relationship could "survive speaking frankly about problems".<br /><br />He said in a radio interaction in the West Midlands yesterday: "I gave a pretty clear and frank answer to a clear and frank question and I don't regret that at all. It is important to speak frankly about these things while at the same time, as I did in India, recognising that in Pakistan they themselves have suffered terribly from terrorism."<br /><br />"The President himself lost his wife (Benazir Bhutto) to terrorists but that only reinforces the fact that we have to work with them to close down the terror networks that are in Pakistan that threaten our soldiers in Afghanistan, have threatened innocent people in India and have threatened innocent people all over the world, including here in the UK," Cameron said.<br /><br />He also rejected Zardari's claim that NATO forces were losing the battle of hearts and minds in Afghanistan. "We're protecting a large percentage of the population (in central Helmand province) keeping them free from terror and, in the areas that we are in, you now see markets functioning and schools open ... and life is actually able to go on. So I don't accept that we're losing the battle of hearts and minds," the British Prime Minister said. <br /><br />Cameron said: "It is very difficult, it's very tough what we're asking our troops to do, but there's a basic programme here, which is to protect the people in a classic counter-insurgency programme, build up the Afghan army and police and as they are capable of taking care of their own security, we will be able to leave."<br /><br />Zardari is due to meet Cameron on Friday at the Prime Minister's country residence, Chequers. He is also scheduled to attend a convention of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in Birmingham on August 7.<br /><br />Bilawal was appointed Chairman of the PPP after the assassination of his mother Benazir Bhutto in December 2007. Bilawal recently graduated from Christ Church College, Oxford.</p>
<p>Cameron, whose comments in India about Pakistan 'looking both ways' on terrorism sparked a diplomatic row, has also flatly rejected Zardari's contention that the NATO forces were losing the battle in Afghanistan. Zardari arrived at Heathrow last night dressed in jeans with his daughter Asifa and son Bilawal and was later driven to the Churchill Hotel in London's West End, where a crowd of protesters had gathered.<br /><br />Zardari is facing criticism for not cancelling the official visit to Britain after Cameron's comments in India, and also for being away from Pakistan at a time when the country is facing unprecedented floods. On his part, Cameron refused to back down on his remarks he made in India and said he had no regrets over his comments about Pakistan's involvement in terror. He said the two countries' relationship could "survive speaking frankly about problems".<br /><br />He said in a radio interaction in the West Midlands yesterday: "I gave a pretty clear and frank answer to a clear and frank question and I don't regret that at all. It is important to speak frankly about these things while at the same time, as I did in India, recognising that in Pakistan they themselves have suffered terribly from terrorism."<br /><br />"The President himself lost his wife (Benazir Bhutto) to terrorists but that only reinforces the fact that we have to work with them to close down the terror networks that are in Pakistan that threaten our soldiers in Afghanistan, have threatened innocent people in India and have threatened innocent people all over the world, including here in the UK," Cameron said.<br /><br />He also rejected Zardari's claim that NATO forces were losing the battle of hearts and minds in Afghanistan. "We're protecting a large percentage of the population (in central Helmand province) keeping them free from terror and, in the areas that we are in, you now see markets functioning and schools open ... and life is actually able to go on. So I don't accept that we're losing the battle of hearts and minds," the British Prime Minister said. <br /><br />Cameron said: "It is very difficult, it's very tough what we're asking our troops to do, but there's a basic programme here, which is to protect the people in a classic counter-insurgency programme, build up the Afghan army and police and as they are capable of taking care of their own security, we will be able to leave."<br /><br />Zardari is due to meet Cameron on Friday at the Prime Minister's country residence, Chequers. He is also scheduled to attend a convention of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in Birmingham on August 7.<br /><br />Bilawal was appointed Chairman of the PPP after the assassination of his mother Benazir Bhutto in December 2007. Bilawal recently graduated from Christ Church College, Oxford.</p>