US secretary of state Rex Tillerson (right) with Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in Islamabad on Tuesday. Photo: AFPIslamabad: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday reconfirmed Pakistan’s commitment to the “war on terror” during a meeting with US secretary of state Rex Tillerson, saying his country had “produced results” fighting the region’s Islamist militants. Tillerson, on a tour of Asia, arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday afternoon and met with Abbasi, as well as Pakistan’s powerful army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa. “We are committed in the war against terror,” Abbasi told Tillerson, as the two men sat facing each other across a long table. On Monday, during a visit to Kabul, Tillerson urged Pakistan to act against safe havens on its soil.

Source: Mint October 24, 2017 15:00 UTC