Richard Holbrooke met with President Asif Ali Zardari late Friday after his arrival, the presidency said in a statement. — File Photo

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday urged the global community and donor agencies to help and support its poverty-stricken economy that has been ravaged by war and the cost of terrorism.

At a ministerial meeting which included US special envoy Richard Holbrooke, foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said, “Pakistan has lost 43 billion dollars in the last nine years and our exports and foreign investments have been badly hurt.”

Holbrooke is in Pakistan ahead of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit for high-level security talks in Pakistan and to attend a July 20 Afghanistan donors conference.

He met with President Asif Ali Zardari late Friday after his arrival, the presidency said in a...