| After reports of strong American pressure on Pakistan to do more to crack down on Qaeda and Taliban militants in the tribal areas, Foreign Secretary Riaz Muhammad Khan told US Ambassador Ryan C Crocker on Tuesday evening that Pakistan does not allow foreign interference in its internal affairs, Daily Times has learnt. Sources privy to the development said that the foreign secretary had “summoned” Crocker to the Foreign Office on Tuesday evening and given him a “strong demarche” for interference in Pakistan’s internal affairs. “The secretary conveyed the same to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on the telephone,” the sources said. Khan said it was wrong to say he had “summoned” the US ambassador. “I often call foreign ambassadors to discuses issues of mutual interests as well as concerns,” he said. |