Andrew Pinder, the "e-Envoy", urged delegates at the Confederation of British Industry conference to back a campaign to persuade Mr Brown of the importance of broadband services.

BBC: Brown 'blocking UK internet drive'

The Waseela-e-Taleem programme was announced in Islamabad by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and special UN envoy for global education, Gordon Brown.

BBC: Pakistan 'to pay cash to poor to send kids to school'

According to Wikileaks, Mr Gandhi told a US envoy last year there was some support among Indian Muslims for militants such as Lashkar-e-Taiba.

BBC: Swami Aseemanand