Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
has ruled out reviewing all aspects of Pakistain's relations with U.S. after Interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan's outburst last week blaming the U.S. for sabotaging peace talks by targeting Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) leader Hakimullah Mehsud.
Reacting to Mehsud's death Mr. Khan last Saturday said that the entire perspective of Pakistain-U.S. relations are going to be reviewed and also the level of cooperation in a meeting of the Cabinet committee on national security. Every aspect of U.S.-Pakistain cooperation will be discussed and reviewed, he said. The meeting of this committee has not taken place either.
However,
the way to a man's heart remains through his stomach...
official sources on Thursday said the issue was not discussed with the Prime Minister and the rhetoric of one Minister cannot become a policy statement. The sources said it would be business as usual with the U.S. and a review of ties was not going to take place.
The government had also served a demarche on the U.S. Ambassador protesting the drone strike. Mr. Khan said the drone strike was an attack on the grinding of the peace processor and a deliberate attempt by the U.S. to foil it.