WASHINGTON - Pakistan needs to be convinced that the extremist threat on its northwest is greater than India as perceived by its military, U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey said. Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee during confirmation hearings, Dempsey, picked by President Barack ...

The relationship between the United States and Pakistan has long been one of grudging interdependency. The US needs Pakistan to help in the fight against the militants and to serve as a supply transit route for military operations in Afghanistan. Pakistan needs the US for financial aid, and access ...

Defence Secretary Robert Gates has brushed aside suggestions about Pakistan being responsible for the problems U.S. is facing in combating the Taliban in Afghanistan, saying there has been qualitative improvement in Islamabad-Washington ties over the last two years, with both sides deepening ...

WASHINGTON (APP) - The US-Pakistan Business Council (USPBC) has expressed its strong support for the first Strategic Dialogue at the ministerial level between the United States and Pakistan. We applaud Secretary (Hillary) Clinton and Foreign Minister (Shah Mahmood) Qureshi for their leadership in ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A weekend tiff involving lawmakers from Pakistans tribal areas and airport security personnel in the United States underscores how tough it is to reverse years of US-Pakistani mistrust. The six lawmakers were en route from Washington to New Orleans on Saturday when two were ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W.  Patterson on Tuesday inaugurated the Susan B Anthony Reading Room at the Central Library of Fatima Jinnah Women University, declaring it another milestone in the dynamic partnership between the FJWU and the US Mission in Pakistan. The ...

The US defended itself against charges its forces killed 11 Pakistani troops in an incident Wednesday that threatened to worsen already tense ties with its key war-on-terror ally. The US-led coalition in Afghanistan admitted carrying out an air strike in Pakistan Wednesday but said it targeted ...