ABSTRACT
Today, the relationship between the US and Pakistan are at an all-time low. Both the countries do not enjoy the trust of each other. Rather, the clouds of distrust and suspicion are hanging over the relationship. Washington accuses Islamabad of not doing enough to contain terrorist activities operating from its soil and of not utilizing US aid for intended proposes. In fact, the American government has raised questions over Pakistan’s commitment to apparently shared goals of defeating religious extremism since the killing of Osama-bin-Laden by American forces at Abottabad in Pakistan.1 On the other hand, Islamabad blames Washington for violating its sovereignty by taking unilateral military actions against terrorist groups on its soil. In this regard, the drone strike by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces on Pakistani posts near the Afghanistan border on 26 November 2011 proved to be a ash point between the two countries. The Pakistani government became so much angry at the incident that it asked the US to vacate its Shamsi Air Base in northern Pakistan within 15 days and blocked the supply route for NATO forces in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani also warned the United States in a CNN interview that ‘business as usual with the US will not be there’.2
