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Pakistan is seeking US support to “end Indian activities against Pakistan” as Inter-Services Intelligence chief Lt. General Rizwan Akhtar visits Washington, media reports here said.
“Pakistan’s greater role in a settled Afghanistan after the Nato withdrawal and denial of space there for covert Indian activities against Pakistan remains the focus of director-general ISI Lt. Gen. Rizwan Akhtar’s discussions in the US,” reported the News daily on Friday.
“During his first visit to the US as DG ISI, Lt. Gen. Rizwan (Akhtar) would share the details with Washington of how India is trying to weaken Pakistan from the western front by extending all-out support to the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan,” the report added.
On Thursday, Army Chief Raheel Sharif had warned India of a “befitting response” to the provocations along the Line of Control, just days before the visit of Indian foreign secretary S. Jaishankar to Islamabad.
“Repeated Indian ceasefire violations on the working boundary and the LoC in the recent past were a distraction for Pakistan from campaign versus terrorism and it affects regional stability,” the Army Chief said.
“Let there be no doubt that any provocation along LoC and working boundary will meet a befitting response.”
General Raheel Sharif delivered the warning during his visit to the border villages, affected by unprovoked Indian shelling, along the Sialkot working boundary.
Foreign office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam had earlier said that Islamabad will discuss all outstanding disputes including Jammu and Kashmir, Sir Creek and Siachen with S. Jaishankar who is due here on March 3 for a two-day visit to hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry.
Sources said that the current visit of the DG ISI to the US following the recent visit of the Army Chief is likely to shift the balance towards Pakistan.
“A greater role for Pakistan in a settled Afghanistan after Nato withdrawal and denial of space to Indian covert activities remains on top of agenda,” a source said, adding that the DG ISI met senior officials at Pentagon, CIA chief, FBI and homeland security.
General Raheel Sharif visited the US in November 2014, where he held talks with senior US military commanders and defence officials.
A visit by DG ISI, it is said, was on similar lines to work out modalities of the finalised plans discussed during the Army Chief’s visit.
It is said that during the meeting, US senior officials praised the Pakistan army and the country’s intelligence agencies for their commitment, professionalism and achievement in the fight against terror as well as the ongoing Zarb-e-Azb operation.
Pakistan seeks US help for ‘anti-Pak’ acts by India | idrw.org
“Pakistan’s greater role in a settled Afghanistan after the Nato withdrawal and denial of space there for covert Indian activities against Pakistan remains the focus of director-general ISI Lt. Gen. Rizwan Akhtar’s discussions in the US,” reported the News daily on Friday.
“During his first visit to the US as DG ISI, Lt. Gen. Rizwan (Akhtar) would share the details with Washington of how India is trying to weaken Pakistan from the western front by extending all-out support to the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan,” the report added.
On Thursday, Army Chief Raheel Sharif had warned India of a “befitting response” to the provocations along the Line of Control, just days before the visit of Indian foreign secretary S. Jaishankar to Islamabad.
“Repeated Indian ceasefire violations on the working boundary and the LoC in the recent past were a distraction for Pakistan from campaign versus terrorism and it affects regional stability,” the Army Chief said.
“Let there be no doubt that any provocation along LoC and working boundary will meet a befitting response.”
General Raheel Sharif delivered the warning during his visit to the border villages, affected by unprovoked Indian shelling, along the Sialkot working boundary.
Foreign office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam had earlier said that Islamabad will discuss all outstanding disputes including Jammu and Kashmir, Sir Creek and Siachen with S. Jaishankar who is due here on March 3 for a two-day visit to hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry.
Sources said that the current visit of the DG ISI to the US following the recent visit of the Army Chief is likely to shift the balance towards Pakistan.
“A greater role for Pakistan in a settled Afghanistan after Nato withdrawal and denial of space to Indian covert activities remains on top of agenda,” a source said, adding that the DG ISI met senior officials at Pentagon, CIA chief, FBI and homeland security.
General Raheel Sharif visited the US in November 2014, where he held talks with senior US military commanders and defence officials.
A visit by DG ISI, it is said, was on similar lines to work out modalities of the finalised plans discussed during the Army Chief’s visit.
It is said that during the meeting, US senior officials praised the Pakistan army and the country’s intelligence agencies for their commitment, professionalism and achievement in the fight against terror as well as the ongoing Zarb-e-Azb operation.
Pakistan seeks US help for ‘anti-Pak’ acts by India | idrw.org
