It is but natural that the Trump administration is conveniently blaming Pakistan for its consistent failures on the ground in Afghanistan. How can a person who has been thrice prime minister, completely delink himself from the security and foreign policies of the past decades? Sharif could simply ask his handpicked Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to convince the military leadership to follow the party chief’s sane advice. Khalilzad who is a vocal critic of Islamabad’s alleged support for the jihadists and the Haqqani network considers the former Prime Minister important as ‘his family dominates the largest province Punjab and his brother most likely will be the next prime minister’. Hence it is axiomatic that Pakistan makes sincere efforts to develop a Modus vivendi with the Trump administration.

Source: Pakistan Today January 07, 2018 05:07 UTC