Washington, Apr 22 : US Senator John Kerry has said that the Obama Administration’s plan for Pakistan “is not a real strategy.”

“Pakistan is in a moment of peril. And I believe there is not in place yet an adequate policy or plan to deal with it,” Kerry, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said.

Kerry advised the Obama Administration to stop using the term “Af-Pak”, to describe a unified strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, because “I think it does a disservice to both countries and to the policy.”

Nairobi/Khartoum - Sudan is prepared to allow new aid agencies into the restive Darfur province to replace those the government kicked out last month following the indictment of President Omar al-Bashir, the Sudan Tribune on Friday quoted US Senator John Kerry as saying.

Kerry, Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, arrived in Sudan for a three-day visit on Wednesday and met several top officials.

Washington, Apr. 16 : US Senator John Kerry is skeptical about the US aid being put to thwart the terror activities in the tribal areas of Pakistan as he considers the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) too violent and ungovernable to benefit from the financial assistance.

Kerry, who heads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the security situation in the region must improve before lending the financial help to the people there.

Islamabad, Apr. 14: The Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator John Kerry has rejected claims that the drone attacks are encouraging terrorism in Pakistan.

"Make no mistake about it. Extremists, religious radicals and terrorism did not begin after drone attacks. So it is important for people to focus on that reality as well," the Dawn quoted Kerry, as saying.

Senator Kerry, who is in Islamabad to discuss the proposed aid package, said that the provisions attached with US aid package to Pakistan were only meant to improve the `effectiveness of aid'.

Islamabad, Apr. 13 : The Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator John Kerry met President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani here on Monday.

Officials privy to the talks between Kerry and Gilani were quoted by the Dawn as saying that the Pakistan Prime Minister had told Senator Kerry that Pakistan does not want the US to base its aid on conditions linked to the campaign against militancy.

Washington, Mar. 27 : In a bid to strengthen Pakistan's civilian government, the chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry has vowed to increase economic aid to Pakistan.

"Our strategy must also reflect the interconnectedness of the region's challenges. This requires redoubling our efforts to strengthen Pakistan's civilian government and support its activities against militants in the Tribal Areas," the Daily Times quoted Kerry, as saying.