Mistrust between Pakistan and U.S. reaches irreversible point

Following the U.S. operation that killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, the hatred and mistrust between the two countries have reached an almost irreversible point, said Pakistani analysts, fearing it might take decades to normalize the ties.

Analysts believe that Pakistani forces, intelligence agencies and other security departments, for the time being, are not ready to trust anything from the U.S. side blindly.

They reached this stage when the Pakistani army, intelligence agencies and government lost a big part of public confidence due to two reasons: their intelligence failure about the presence of the al-Qaida chief in Pakistan, and the U.S. SEALS' operation to kill Osama in cantonment area without Pakistan's knowledge.

A former Pakistani diplomat, Naseem Anwar Baig, said "as a nation we are tensed and our confidence had been shuddered because of terrorism within the country and the violation of our sovereignty by U.S. through drones and direct military operation."

"The sword of terrorism is cutting our throats from both sides, our people and security forces are under militants' attacks while U.S. drone strikes on innocent people in northwestern region are increasing militants and public rage against government and security forces," Baig told Xinhua.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, during her short and surprise visit to Islamabad on Friday, said the relations between the two countries have reached a decisive point, stressing Pakistan to take further steps to curb militants hiding in Pakistan.

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