Islamabad: The US has said Pakistan's civil and military leadership should have "its writ on its soil", making it clear that Islamabad needs to take more steps to tackle terrorism.
"Pakistan should not become the problem...it should help resolve the problem," US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter said.
The US wants to work with Pakistan to tackle militant elements that are sheltering in the tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, he said.
Munter, who is set to step down in the near future, made it clear that Pakistan will have to do more to counter terrorism if it wants US financial assistance to resume....
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04:32 PM, Jul 11, 2012
Lahore: LeT founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed has served legal notices on two Pakistani journalists for allegedly concocting a report about his secret meeting with US Ambassador Cameron Munter, seeking Rs 10 crore as damages. The notices were served on columnist Nazir Naji and reporter Amir Mir by Saeed's lawyer AK Dogar. The notices contended that Naji's column in the Urdu daily Jang on May 9 and Mir's report in the...
01:14 PM, May 16, 2012
Washington: US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter has decided to step down by this summer after serving less than two years on the job, at a time when the ties between Washington and Islamabad are at a crucial juncture. "Munter announced to his staff Monday morning that he was stepping down this summer after serving less than two years on the job," the Washington Post reported, saying that the word...
11:45 AM, May 08, 2012
Lahore: The US Ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron Munter, on Sunday claimed that the US government never offered a bounty on JuD Chief Hafiz Saeed, a suspect in the Mumbai 26/11 attacks, and argued that the Pakistani media had misreported the issue. "Pakistani media is very active and responsible but it misreported the issue of Hafiz Saeed. Though Hafiz Saeed is a suspected accused of the Mumbai terror attacks, the US...
08:38 AM, Apr 30, 2012
Lahore: US government did not announce any bounty for JuD Chief Hafiz Saeed, suspect in the Mumbai terror attacks, American Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter has said, blaming Pakistani media for "misreporting" the issue. "Pakistani media is very active and responsible but it misreported the issue of Hafiz Saeed. Though Hafiz Saeed is a suspected accused of the Mumbai terror attacks, the US government didn't place any bounty/head money for...
08:38 PM, Apr 29, 2012
Islamabad: The US would provide an additional aid of USD 110 million to Pakistan for border security, law enforcement, judicial reforms and counter narcotics projects. US Ambassador Cameron Munter and Pakistan's Finance Secretary Waqar Masood signed a "letter of agreement" for the additional aid for 2012. Under the programme, the US will provide support for the 50th Air Wing Squadron and its operating locations to expand law enforcement aviation operations...
11:14 PM, Apr 16, 2012
Islamabad: The US must respect Pakistan's 'red lines' and give a guarantee that there will be no transgression of the country's borders in order to regain Islamabad's cooperation in the war on terrorism, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Friday. Gilani made the remarks during a meeting with US Ambassador Cameron Munter, who "emphasised that both Pakistan and the US should fully cooperate to fight the menace of terrorism,"...
05:40 PM, Dec 16, 2011
Washington: The US has said it is working hard to keep open channels and get back to work with Pakistan, as Islamabad continued to block the crucial NATO supply routes and announced to strengthen its air defence system on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. "This relationship is complicated. But it's also essential to both the United States and Pakistan. We are working very hard to keep open channels and to get back...
05:22 AM, Dec 10, 2011
Islamabad: US Ambassador Cameron Munter met Interior Minister Rehman Malik and discussed matters of mutual interest in Islamabad on Wednesday, a day when Pakistan was gripped by intense speculation over the abrupt departure of President Asif Ali Zardari to Dubai. According to Associated Press of Pakistan, Munter and Malik discussed matters of mutual interest during the meeting. Zardari flew out of Pakistan on Tuesday. The official line was that he...
11:30 AM, Dec 08, 2011
Washington: The Obama administration on Saturday pledged a full investigation into a NATO attack that allegedly killed 24 Pakistani troops. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in a joint statement offered their "deepest condolences" for the loss of life in the cross-border incident in Pakistan. Clinton and Panetta also said they "support fully NATO's intention to investigate immediately." Secretary Clinton, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of...
08:36 AM, Nov 27, 2011
New York: The US ambassador to Pakistan says the Obama administration aims to increase the proportion of aid it provides for the country's civilian rather than military needs. Ambassador Cameron Munter issued a blunt assessment on Monday of a "rough year" in US-Pakistan relations, roiled by the killing by US forces' clandestine raid in May that killed Osama bin Laden. He said military training and intelligence sharing efforts had gone...
01:46 AM, Sep 20, 2011
Islamabad: The US lodged a strong protest with Pakistani authorities after Ambassador Cameron Munter was stopped at the Islamabad airport by officials enforcing a rule that requires all foreign diplomats to have a "no-objection certificate" for travelling outside Islamabad. Munter, who reportedly possessed the NoC, was stopped at Benazir Bhutto International Airport and asked about the document while he was travelling to Karachi last week. The envoy "strongly protested" about...
10:27 PM, Jul 31, 2011
New Delhi: The signals from Washington couldn't be stronger - Pakistan must be fully on board in the US campaign against terrorism otherwise the US could resort to unilateral action to capture or kill terrorists hiding in Pakistan. America appears to be stepping up the pressure on Pakistan to be more cooperative in the war on terror. The US Ambassador on Monday publicly spelt out his country's position in an ...
09:36 PM, May 09, 2011
