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US Set to Rebuild Ties With Pakistan

By Imdad

June 14 2022

Donald Blome: The New United States Ambassador to Pakistan: Donald Blome, the new United States ambassador to Pakistan, on Monday, signaled Washing­ton’s intention to move forth from the regime change controversy by engaging in two-way communication with the country’s political parties, government, and civil society. Blome Taken Over The Charge: Ambassador Blome has taken over the charge of the US mission. He arrived in Pakistan late last month, at a time of unique opportunities and challenges. Anti-American Sentiments Run Deep in Pakistan:  It is pertinent to state that anti-American sentiments run deep in Pakistani society.

The feelings, meanwhile, got inflamed after ex-prime minister Imran Khan alleged that he was removed through a US conspiracy for regime change. Khan ran a mass campaign calling for ‘freedom’ from ‘slaves of foreign powers’. This anti-American sentiment has become the foremost challenge for Washington in getting through its foreign policy goals in Pakistan. American Envoy In Islamabad After 4 Years: Ambassador Blome — the first full-time American envoy in Islamabad after a four-year gap — assumed the charge of his assignment when Kabul was apparently no longer a dominant issue in the bilateral ties following last year’s defeat of US forces from there at the end of a 20-year-long war.