Political drama unfolding in Pak: Holbrooke

WASHINGTON: US special representative to Pakistan and Afghanistan has said that a “major political drama” is unfolding in Pakistan in the backdrop of the Supreme Court’s decision to scrap the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), reported ARY NEWS.

“Even as we talk, there’s a major political drama unfolding in Islamabad right now,” said Richard Holbrooke in an interview with a foreign news channel.

To a query, Holbrooke said that he was not an envoy for India-Pakistan ties, but gave great importance to India in the region and constantly consulted New Delhi on the Obama administration’s Afghan-Pakistan policies.

“I am not an envoy, my title isn’t special envoy ... and I’m not working on Indian-Pakistani relations,” he said. However he said that he himself recognized the interconnectedness between Afghanistan, Pakistan and India in the context of current regional challenges, adding Washington would support improvement in Islamabad-New Delhi relations, as it would be good for South Asia.