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What might happened inside... In a recent Pak-US diplomatic controversy on whether Mike Pompeo did or didn't discuss terror with Imran Khan can be marked first US attempt to draw a rift between fragile civil-military relation in Pakistan, since this government came into power.
The US said Pompeo raised the issue of Islamabad taking "decisive action" on terrorists operating in Pakistan
Pakistan says the issue never came up in Pompeo's call with new PM Imran Khan
Later, the US said it stands by its statement that terror was discussed.
To my mind, Pompeo would have raised this issue with Khan in one way or another but inexperienced Khan couldn't pick his diplomatic intricacy & underestimated the sensitivity of this issue. He might be responded in his typical casual manner but when US foreign office issued details of this talk to media then high officials, here, realised that Khan has been diplomatically decieved by US Secretary. So to avoid any distress they come up with complete denial of any talk on terror.
Why I be of this opinion because this complete denial is senseless. Those who are familiar with US rhetoric, they know US always ask for 'do more' & terrorism etc, whenever they had any talk with Pakistani official. Now the question rises, when they are used to of discussing terror with us then why they wouldn't do this time. Their stand by with their statement clearly suggests that our officials are trying to fix this issue underhand.
There is need that Khan remains more careful on diplomatic sphere because such controversies can bring a real fracture to civil-military ties.