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US Democrats to work for good ties with Pakistan

The DAWN, Washington
US policies towards Pakistan will undergo major changes if Barack Obama is elected in November, shows a document adopted on Tuesday as the Democratic Party platform. 2008.
The platform, which is called a manifesto in the subcontinent, outlines the plan the parry intends to implement during the next four years if it wins the presidential election scheduled for Nov 4.
The document focuses on two majorissues- militancy in Fata and nuclear proliferation - while seeking to redefine America's ties with Pakistan.
A Democratic White House, however, will not disengage itself from Pakistan. Instead, it calls for stronger ties with the people of Pakistan and promises to "signifi-
But the military aid will be conditioned to Pakistan's performance in the “war on terror ”.
"We must move beyond an alliance built on individual leaders, or we will face mounting opposition in a nuclear-armed nation at the nexus of terror, extremism and the instability wrought by autocracy." the document w’arns.
“We will ask more of the Pakistani government, rather than offer a blank cheque to an undemocratic president,” it adds. "We will significantly increase non-military aid to the Pakistani people and sustain it for a decade, while ensuring that the military assistance we provide is actually used to fight extremists.”
While talking about the threat of nuclear proliferation, the document pledges "make absolutely sure that a disaster like the A.Q. Khan black market network, which'grew out-of
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Pakistan's nuclear programme, can never happen again."
The Democratic Party also pledges to take steps to reduce tension between India and Pakistan and guard against the possibility of their nuclear weapons falling into the wrong hands.
"We must also work with our friends, India and Pakistan, in their efforts to resolve longstanding differences,” the document adds.
The unanimously adopted document, however, is very' critical of Pakistan's alleged failure to control militancy’ in Fata. "The greatest threat to the security of the Afghan people - and the American people -lies in lire tribal regions of Pakistan, where terrorists train, plot attacks, and strike into Afghanistan and move back across the border, the party’ warns. "We cannot tolerate a -wnnctuarv for Al Qaeda/ ' .VT ' * F - - - - - ■ - ~