By: Dr Farooq Hassan | Published: November 2, 2011

The high-level US delegation that recently visited Pakistan returned, realistically speaking, empty-handed; this is established from the simple “language” used by the Secretary of State. When asked about the success of her tour to Islamabad, during the House Foreign Relations Committee hearing, on October 28, she replied that she had “frankly” told her hosts to go after the militants. Among the countries described as professedly “friendly”, diplomatic practice makes the use of such terms as “frank” tantamount to saying that the two sides do not have “consensus ad idem” on issues of crucial significance.

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