New 'sheriff' in Pakistan, US told

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WASHINGTON'S two top policy planners on Pakistan were given a "public dressing down" in Islamabad yesterday and left in little doubt that the country's involvement in the war against terrorism was set to change.

US President George W. Bush phoned Pakistan's new Prime Minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, after he was sworn in on Tuesday to express a willingness to work with him and extend an invitation to visit the White House.

Despite the friendly overture, Pakistan's new civilian rulers made it clear in a series of meetings with US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Richard Boucher that major changes were under way in relations between Washington and a country many regard as a linchpin in the war on terror.

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To use an American expression, there is a new sheriff in town," Pakistan People's Party foreign policy spokesman Hussain Haqqani said yesterday, after the two US envoys met PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari.

"The Americans have realised that they have perhaps talked with one man (president Pervez Musharraf) for too long."

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N), which is a major component in the new coalition, was more forthright.

Mr Sharif said he told the US envoys there was "no longer a one-man show in Pakistan" and the new parliament - elected in February polls that dealt a crushing defeat to Mr Musharraf's allies - would decide how Pakistan should approach Islamic extremism.

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