U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday offered to look for new ways to help troubled economy of Pakistan has shown its support to President Asif Ali Zardari was at the meeting of the White House, officials said.
Zardari held a private meeting with Obama after a flight to Washington for a memorial service for Richard Holbrooke, U.S. envoy end of Pakistan and Afghanistan, which was a priority for the U.S. administration.
Obama "underlined the importance of US-Pakistan relations and our continued support for Pakistan," The White House said in a statement.
"The discussion focused on our joint efforts to combat terrorism and promote regional stability, particularly on the importance of cooperation to ensure a peaceful and stable Afghanistan," he said.
In his meetings with Obama and Hillary Clinton's Foreign Minister, Mr Zardari also said the "needs and requirements" of the fragile economy of Pakistan, Hussain said Haqqani, Pakistan's ambassador to Washington.
"Obama and Clinton foreign minister said that the United States in the coming days to find ways to strengthen Pakistan's economic reforms, taking into account the social and political factors," said Haqqani.
Haqqani said that President Zardari welcomed the assistance of the United States, which in 2009 approved a five-year package $ 7,500,000,000 for the war's most important partner, but complicated.
"Pakistan does not want to be a beneficiary of ongoing support. We want to be able to stand on our own and we need economic reforms," Haqqani said the conversation in the White House. But a bailout by the International Monetary Fund has reached a checkpoint in Pakistan's politics.
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani last week reversed a controversial increase in fuel prices, meeting the requirements of the opposition party, after having briefly lost their majority in Parliament.
Financial assistance has also been a key agenda when Vice President Joe Biden, visited Pakistan and Afghanistan this week.
Obama and Zardari also spoke about the murder of Salman Taseer Governor of Punjab, a liberal who openly campaigned for the reform of the controversial blasphemy law that human rights activists has often been abused to target minorities .
Obama said he was, like many people around the world and Pakistan, concerned about the reaction of some people in Pakistan who have been reluctant to condemn the murder, "said Haqqani.
"You can see the position of the Government of Pakistan wishes to pursue this crime and to continue working to build a moderate, democratic Pakistan, which is the best guarantee against the success of terrorists in our region."
The Obama administration believes that efforts to achieve economic stability and strengthening democratic institutions are essential in the selection of Pakistan, where some of the most wanted militants in the world are cut.
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