ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar Monday asked the United States to provide information on the presence of al-Qaida chief Ayman al Zawahiri in Pakistan hours after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claimed that Al Zawahiri is still hiding in Pakistan.
"We want to disable Al Qaida. Al Zawahiri is still on the run somewhere in Pakistan," Clinton said in the Indian city of Kolkata.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khar was quick to challenge Clinton’s statement and said "If the United States has any solid intelligence information on the presence of al Qaida leader in Pakistan, it should be shared with us so that the country can look into the matter accordingly."
Khar was briefing the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) on the issue of the U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal regions and parliament recommendation last month on Pakistan-U.S. ties.
The parliament had unanimously passed a resolution, calling for an immediate halt to U.S. drone strikes, but Washington ignored the call by launching two strikes in a week, which killed at least 14 people.
Khar said last week that the United States does not listen to Pakistan over drone strikes, which Islamabad condemns as counterproductive in the war on terror and a violation of the country's sovereignty.
Relationship between the two countries had been affected after a NATO airstrike on two check posts that had killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in November 2011.
Khar said Monday that talks between Pakistan and the United States in light of the terms of engagement set by Parliament were still ongoing and may take some time to settle. She said there was no halt in the talks and the impression of failure was wrong.
The foreign minister said she hopes Washington will respect the Pakistani parliament's recommendations, which have been directly linked to the stoppage of drone strikes.
The parliament had also approved new terms of engagements with the United States and its NATO allies in Afghanistan and conditions for the reopening of NATO supply routes which were closed after the NATO strike.
Clinton also said Washington wants Pakistan as a part of the counter terrorism war.
On the issue of war on terror, Clinton said crushing al-Qaida was the next big target of the United States in the post-Osama Bin Laden world.
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