ISI chief Pasha leaves for Washington

The ISI chief, Lieutenant General Shuja Pasha and the chief of Military Operations Major General Javed Iqbal left for Washington on Monday to attend the US backed trilateral security talks set to begin from May 6, DawnNews reported.

President Zardari and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, along with the Afghan foreign minister, the Nato’s commander in Kabul and the Afghan National Army commander will be attending the moot.

Pakistan will raise the issue of drone attacks in the talks and will press Washington to halt them, military sources said.

This is General Pasha’s second visit to Washington in a month. During his stay there he is expected to also meet top US military and intelligence officials.

The announcement to host these talks was made by US special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke during his visit to Pakistan last month.