1. US-Pakistan Relations
Pakistan Foreign Secretary Inamul Haq met in Washington with US Under Secretary of State Marc Grossman for discussions that reportedly focused on Pakistan government plans to restore democracy in the country. Foreign Secretary Haq also met with several other U.S. government officials.
"US briefed on roadmap"
Unnamed senior Pakistani officials were quoted as saying that the US government has requested Pakistan's support for an operation inside Afghanistan against Osama bin Laden, including secret deployment of US special forces in northern Pakistan. The officials added that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf rejected the support and sought to convince the U.S. officials that another military strike against Afghanistan would prove counter-productive.
"US wants base in Pakistan to get Osama"
Dr. Chintamani Mahapatra, of Jawaharlal Nehru University, assesses whether US-Pakistan relations will change substantively under new US President George W. Bush's administration.
"Bush's Approach to Pakistan"