Army pro-democracy, no need of early polls: PM

Addressing during interviews and panel discussions on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, PM Gilani said that the matter of Nato supply and review of ties with the United States is with the Defence Committee of the Cabinet.He said Pakistan wants relations with the US on the basis of mutual respect. Pakistan wants its sovereignty be respected, said the PM.He said there is no need of early elections in the country. He said the country’s armed forces and the people of Pakistan are fully in favour of democracy in the country.Pointing out that Pakistan has excellent relationship with India, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said cooperation between the two to tackle climate change was doable.He said Islamabad wants to work with New Delhi on this front. Yes, certainly there can be cooperation. We have excellent relationship with India and we want to work together, Gilani said when asked if India and Pakistan can work together to tackle climate change.We have been having a number of delegations from both countries on various matters like finance and industry. Certainly cooperation is doable, Gilani said during a panel discussion on climate change at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012.Earlier in his address, Gilani said Pakistan has been hit by horrible droughts and floods last year and sought a global fund to tackle the climate risk issues.It (climate change) is quite visible in my country. We have suffered both drought and heavy rains in past one year. It was horrible, not just by our estimates but also as per the estimates of World Bank and Asian Development Bank, Gilani said.There has to be global solution to these problems. The first step we can take is establishing a global fund to tackle the climate risk issues and Pakistan would be happy to partner, Gilani said.