U.S. must find way to rebuild good relations with Pakistan

By Shabbir Cheema

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Apr 19, 2012

~~<p>On April 12, Pakistan's National Assembly unanimously approved a new set of guidelines on relations with the United States, an action that could pave the way for the reopening of critical U.S. and NATO supply lines into Afghanistan.</p>
<p>For the past few months, those routes have been closed by Pakistan as ties between the two allies in the "war on terror" have plunged to an all-time low in the wake of the U.S. raid against Osama bin Laden, the killing of two Pakistanis by a CIA contractor in Lahore, and the accidental U.S. attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers at a border military post.</p>
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On April 12, Pakistan's National Assembly unanimously approved a new set of guidelines on relations with the United States, an action that could pave the way for the reopening of critical U.S. and NATO supply lines into Afghanistan.

For the past few months, those routes have been closed by Pakistan as ties between the two allies in the "war on terror" have plunged to an all-time low in the wake of the U.S. raid against Osama bin Laden, the killing of two Pakistanis by a CIA contractor in Lahore, and the accidental U.S. attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers at a border military post. Login for more...