Clinton concludes Pakistan's trip with mounting pressure

 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has wrapped up her crucial visit to Islamabad, with mounting pressure on Pakistan for "taking decisive steps in the days ahead against al-Qaida and Taliban leaders."

"We will do our part and we look to the government of Pakistan to take decisive steps in the days ahead. Joint action against al-Qaida and its affiliates will make Pakistan, America, and the world safer and more secure," Clinton told reporters on Friday after talks with Pakistani leaders.

She used "days ahead" not weeks or months for the "decisive steps" which means the U.S. wanted Pakistan to act in days to end the trouble in relationship caused by the presence of Osama bin Laden in a Pakistani garrison city.

Visible tense and exhausted in her media interaction and flanked by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, the U.S. secretary of state said "Osama bin Laden is dead, but al-Qaida and its syndicate of terror remain a serious threat to us both."

The U.S. ABC News has reported that Hillary Clinton handed over a list of five most wanted militant leaders to Pakistan during a four-hour meeting with Pakistan's political and military leaders.

The list includes two senior al-Qaida figures, Ayman al- Zawahiri, Atiya Abdel Rahman, Afghan Taliban reclusive leader Mullah Omar, Haqqani network commander Sirajuddin Haqqani and Ilyas Kashmiri of the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI). Kashmiri is considered the man who masterminded the audacious attack on Pakistan's major navy air base in Karachi on Sunday.

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