US pushes Pakistan for effective campaign against terrorists

The US has told Pakistan that it is important for it to renew an effective campaign against terrorists, a top Trump administration official has said.

The Trump administration officials in their meetings with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi this week also talked about the suspension of the US security assistance since early this year, the White House said.

The Trump administration had announced in January that it would suspend nearly all security aid to Pakistan over its failure to crack down on terrorist networks.

Trump had accused Pakistan of giving nothing to the US but "lies and deceit" and providing "safe haven" to terrorists in return for USD 33 billion aid over the last 15 years.

Qureshi, who was in the US to attend the UN General Assembly session, met National Security Advisor John Bolton and the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington on October 2. At a White House news conference, Bolton described the meetings as productive.

When asked if they talked about the suspension of aid to Pakistan and the progress made by Islamabad in the fight against terrorism, Bolton told reporters, "I discussed that with Foreign Minister Qureshi."