US military aid suspension has no importance: Pak defence minister

Islamabad: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan on Tuesday said that intelligence and defence cooperation with the United States (US) had been suspended and it was high time for the country to have ‘ruthlessly candid dialogue’ with the US with everything on the table, said a media report.
“America needs to deal with that ungoverned area before it points fingers towards Pakistan’s role in Afghan peace process. US military aid suspension to Pakistan has no importance. At the same time, strategic dialogue between the two countries has also faced suspension for last two years. High level dialogues with US would not work until resumption and consistency in working level dialogues,” the report published in the News quoted Khan as having said.
According to the report, the country’s Defence minister said that US allegations and illogical demands have affected serious the efforts, made by Pakistan to ensure peace in region as well as the world. He, according to the report, said sacrifices of Pakistan in war against terrorism were above board and it would not allow anyone to make it a scapegoat and bring Afghan war on its soil. “Pakistan had been facing challenges where it had been confronting with external threat on eastern border with India and facing internal threat due to terrorism,” the report quoted Khan as having said.