NEW DELHI: Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan arrived in the US early Sunday on a three-day visit, the first by a Pakistani prime minister since 2015, aimed at repairing ties damaged by US impatience with Islamabad’s seeming inability to rein in terrorist groups active in South Asia. Khan will sit down for his first face-to-face talks with US President Donald Trump in the White House on Monday. “Prime Minister’s Imran Khan’s talks with the US president will mark an effort by the two leaders to reset the ties. Bajwa will visit the Pentagon to meet newly appointed chairman of joint chiefs of staff general Mark Milley to discuss the ongoing reconciliation process in Afghanistan, news reports said. Since the Trump administration took office in January 2017, it has been seen as less tolerant than previous administrations of Pakistan’s harbouring of terrorist groups.

Source: Mint July 21, 2019 18:11 UTC