The anger with Pakistan in the Biden administration and in sections of the US Congress is apparent. He said, “This would be one of the things we will be looking at in the days and weeks ahead.” In arriving at a decision, Blinken told the Committee that the US would consider the “role that Pakistan has played over the past 20 years and the role we would want them to play in the coming years”. Blinken was asked if it was time to “reassess” US relations with Pakistan and its status as a non-NATO ally because of its support for the Taliban. Their reasons for doing so were best revealed in the 13 September appearance of secretary of state Anthony Blinken at the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee. However, he has not even succeeded in arranging a Biden-Imran Khan telephone call as yet.Ĭlearly, Biden and his advisors have decided to keep Imran Khan on ice for the present.
Yusuf had himself, no doubt, projected that he could help in putting an end to the mutual grievances which have characterised US-Pakistan relations for many years. What is unusual is that the whiz kid, Moeed Yusuf - who was brought from the confines of a think tank to Pakistan and raised to the status of the national security adviser - is not facing any real public criticism so far for his failure to deliver on substantially improving US-Pakistan ties. If that is so, then the Pakistani foreign ministry’s instinctive reaction would be to pass the blame on to Asad Majeed Khan, as unjustified as it may be. Imran Khan and the Pakistan Army may well be unhappy with the Pakistani diplomatic establishment for its inability to pacify US, which is apparently displeased over Pakistan’s policies and actions.
For this state of affairs, the purported letter conveyed the Pakistan Prime Minister’s Office unhappiness with the Pakistani ambassador’s inability to deliver on these crucial points. The letter also bitterly noted the lack of US reciprocity to Pakistani efforts to “establish a healthy line of communication” with the White House. Thus, when the letter complained of the White House’s “indifference” to the Pakistani leadership despite “the key role played by Pakistan” in Afghanistan, it stated what is well-known. The letter focused on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s frustration with President Joe Biden at his refusal to establish any contact with him. Nevertheless, Pakistan’s foreign ministry felt compelled to disown the letter because it was gaining substantial media traction, mainly because of its interesting contents. Certainly, no knowledgeable observer would have taken this purported Qureshi letter so. Normally, foreign ministries do not stoop to comment on forgeries that prima facie would not be taken seriously.
That too erodes the letter’s credibility. Besides, it is traditional in South Asian foreign ministries that career ambassadors, such as Asad Majeed Khan, the current Pakistani ambassador to the United States, are pulled up by foreign secretaries and not ministers, especially through such written communications. The letter’s unprofessional language raises valid doubts about its genuineness. The letter in circulation is completely fake and baseless.” It stated, “We have seen the text of a letter circulating in the social media allegedly written by the Foreign Minister to the Ambassador of Pakistan in Washington. On 7 October, Pakistan’s foreign ministry posted a press release on its website surprisingly bearing the date of the previous day.
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