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US-Pakistan cooperation factsheet
Fp Archives • 12 years agoPresident Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and First Lady Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif at the White House on October 23, 2013. Their visit underscored the long-term cooperation between the United States and Pakistan and highlighted the following areas of ongoing US activity.
Why Pakistan's Democracy should matter more to the US
Seema • 13 years agoThe burden of nurturing and maintaining a democratic system rests primarily on Pakistani shoulders but the US Administration and other powers could be a little louder about defending democracy by adding their voices.
US assistance Pak should not be unconditional: Chuck Hagel
Fp Archives • 12 years agoIf confirmed, I will work to ensure that our security assistance and other support to Pakistan both serves US interests and is cost effective," Hagel said.
Except for Pak, all nations want Obama re-elected: BBC survey
Fp Archives • 13 years agoAccording to an international survey by BBC World Service, Obama is preferred to Romney in 20 of the 21 countries (including India) with Pakistan the only country where more people favoured the Republican for an election.
US drone attacks on Pak illegal, counterproductive: Khar
Fp Archives • 13 years agoWhen asked why international polls find anti-America sentiment to be the highest in Pakistan, Khar gave a single word answer "drones."
Pak has paid biggest price for conflict in Afghanistan: Zardari to Clinton
Fp Archives • 13 years agoZardari met Hillary Clinton in New York yesterday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session. The two discussed the situation in Afghanistan and how Pakistan and the US could cooperate in helping bring peace and stability in the region.
US has no plans to designate Pak as a state sponsor of terrorism
Fp Archives • 13 years agoThere is no move by the US to begin the process of designating Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism, officials said, after Hillary Clinton informed the Congress that the Haqqani network is being designated as a global terrorist organisation.
Big stick: What India must learn from US tag on Haqqani group
Vembu • 13 years agoIn dealing with Pakistan, India today lacks an instrument of coercive diplomacy in the way that the US has wielded with the Haqqani Network.
US hopes ties with Pak will be back on track under new PM
Fp Archives • 13 years agoWith the new Prime Minister in place in Pakistan, the US hopes that its relationship with the new government in Islamabad would soon be back on track not only on political and economic issues, but also on issues related to counter-terrorism.
US ties with Pak on visa, envoy issues complicated: Nuland
Fp Archives • 13 years agoAmerica's relationship with Pakistan on the issue of visas and the treatment being meted out to its diplomat serving there has been a complicated one, US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said.