The premier is welcomed at the airport by Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari (left) and interim prime minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (right) upon his arrival in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday. Ma Zhancheng / xinhua
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.