[DAWN] Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan said on Wednesday the onus of satisfying the United States about its concerns is not on Pakistain.
"We are here to give our point of view logically and with evidence. We will explain our position. But it’s not for us to satisfy them," Mr Dastgir told news hounds at the defence ministry.
The government is currently, in Mr Dastgir’s words, "reassessing ties with the US", and has simultaneously undertaken a regional outreach ahead of talks with the US on future bilateral engagement.
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif, after accompanying Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to the UN General Assembly session in New York next week, is expected to visit Washington for the awaited meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. |