United States President Donald Trump has taken calibrated efforts to reinvent the US engagement with the rest of the world. Undoubtedly, one major country towards which the Trump administration has indicated to make a major shift in policy is Pakistan. This can be gauged from the recent decision of the US to withhold $350 billion in military aid to Pakistan. It was precisely in this context that in his first telephone conversation with then Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif, Trump called Pakistanis “one of the most intelligent, exceptional and fantastic people”. These developments, in turn, prompted the Trump administration to take enhanced punitive actions against Pakistan.

Source: dna August 06, 2017 02:48 UTC