Pakistan’s ambassador to the US

Pakistan’s new ambassador to the US Ali Jehangir Siddiqui indicates a pragmatic approach on the part of country’s establishment. Not only is the new envoy making hectic efforts towards repairing the US-Pakistan ties, he is in fact looking forward to expanding the relationship between the two countries. That is why he has underscored the need for importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US to deal with the energy crisis and expand trade ties between the two countries. According to him, in the last 20 years, Pakistan has had tremendous growth in its economy and only last year our economy grew 5.5 percent. In the same period, the benefits of that investment have been largely captured by the European and Asian companies and there was minimal presence of the US companies during the same period.

It is, however, quite unfortunate that some political parties have seen his approach to his assignment through the prism of suspicion and doubt.

Karachi Khadim Qureshi