Pakistan needs sympathy: Sherry

She also highlighted the numerous instances of close and historical cooperation between the two countries since 1947.

WASHINGTION: Pakistan is with the United States for the long haul. However, rather than calls for ‘do more”, Pakistan needs to be given strategic space and sympathy, said US Ambassador Sherry Rehman .

She was speaking at an event of the 50-member Pakistan Caucus in the US House of Representatives. In a two-hour long discussion on the subject of “Pakistan and the United States: The Road Ahead”, the Ambassador took the opportunity to thank the United States for its friendship towards Pakistan while also laying before the legislators and their staffers, Pakistan’s priorities, concerns and apprehensions

She also highlighted the numerous instances of close, and in some cases, historical cooperation between the two countries since 1947.  “We do not want to be seen as just a function of US concerns in Afghanistan. We are an important country in our own right that has a history of close friendship with the United States”.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 15^th, 2012.