Washington, Apr. 8 : Raising questions over Pakistan's will to act against extremists, the Democrat Senator from Michigan and head of the Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin has said that it is unlikely that Islamabad would ever act against terrorists based on its soil.
"The evidence is mixed as to whether or not the government in Pakistan is going to take on the religious extremists," The Daily Times quoted Levin, as saying.
Levin also urged the United States to de-hyphenate Pakistan from its joint AFPAK strategy.
Islamabad, Apr. 8 : Pakistan Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lieutenant General Ahmad Shuja Pasha, reportedly refused to meet the US Special Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke and the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen.
According to sources, Lt. General Pasha decided not to meet the top US officials in protest against allegations leveled by Washington against ISI the in recent times.
The Director General of the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Athar Abbas, however, refuted report.
The News quoted him as saying that Lt. General Pasha was present at the meeting between Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and the US officials.
New Delhi, Apr 8: United States Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke met Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) chief mentor Tarun Das here on Wednesday.
The Chairman of the U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, was also present.
The meeting assumed significance in view of the top US officials huddling with India strategy group of CII over Indo-US cooperation in reconstruction of Afghanistan.
Holbrooke, along with Mullen, are expected to meet Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and National Security Advisor M. K. Narayanan later in the day.
Islamabad, Apr. 8: Waiters of luxurious hotels were a happy lot during former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf’s eight year long autocrtic rule in the country, wonder why? Consider this: General Musharraf used to give 20,000 rupees as tip against a bill of 10,000 rupees.
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) member Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has lambasted General Musharraf for doling out huge amounts of public money for his own pleasure.
Islamabad, Apr. 7 : Pakistani and American officials on Tuesday jointly reiterated that there was a need for trust between both countries to counter the al Qaeda and the Taliban threat.
Islamabad, Apr. 7 : Pakistan is fighting terrorism for its own survival and would not succumb to pressure by militants, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has told top US officials.
"Pakistan is fighting a battle for its own survival," the Dawn quoted Zardari as telling Admiral Mike Mullen, the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Richard Holbrooke, President Obama's Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
"The president said the government would not succumb to any pressure by militants," it added.
Washington, Apr. 8 : Raising questions over Pakistan's will to act against extremists, the Democrat Senator from Michigan and head of the Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin has said that it is unlikely that Islamabad would ever act against terrorists based on its soil.
New Delhi, Apr 8: United States Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke met Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) chief mentor Tarun Das here on Wednesday. 
Islamabad, Apr. 8: Waiters of luxurious hotels were a happy lot during former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf’s eight year long autocrtic rule in the country, wonder why? Consider this: General Musharraf used to give 20,000 rupees as tip against a bill of 10,000 rupees.
Islamabad, Apr. 7 : Pakistani and American officials on Tuesday jointly reiterated that there was a need for trust between both countries to counter the al Qaeda and the Taliban threat.
Islamabad, Apr. 7 : Pakistan is fighting terrorism for its own survival and would not succumb to pressure by militants, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has told top US officials.
