US postpones bilateral contact until Davis is freed

[ZulfiOKC]

Re: US postpones bilateral contact until Davis is freed

@mufaddal

I’m sorry to say this, but Pakistan will not survive without US assistance, should you attempt to completely stop NATO supplies, The US and Pakistan’s other major creditors will foreclose, or just refuse to reschedule their debt. This will result in Pakistan defaulting, which will mean no further International credit, the Pak Rupee will sink, inflation will grow manifold and gas (if any is available) will retail at hundreds of rupees a liter among numerous other repercussions.

Mufaddal, as I stated in my post that both the Pakistanis and the Americans need each other; it’s a marriage of convenience. IMHO, I dont see the Americans actually blocking financial aid to Pakistan as long as the war on terror(WOT) continues. The Americans have a leverage when it comes to providing financial assistance, while the Pakistanis have the leverage of providing air corridor, land routes for ISAF supplies. Just like without the American financial assistance we are going to be very unstable; the Americans too are going to be very unstable without our assistance. Also, a brief reminder; in 1998 after the nuclear tests, the Americans had put a hold on all financial assistance- We did survive…