Staff Report
WASHNGTON: The US sees the provision of aid to Islamabad to be in the US interest itself, SAMAA quotes State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland as saying.

Interacting with media men at the State Department, she said the two countries undertook new era in their relationship and the US aid to Pakistan is in the interest of the US itself.

Meantime, the US House of Representatives adopted the bill regarding Haqqani network.

Also, Pentagon spokesman George Little, expressing joy over the restoration of NATO supply routes through Pakistan, said the relations between the US and Pakistan entered new phase after the reinstatement of Ground Lines of Communication (GLOC).

The US House of Representatives passed a bill to declare Haqqani Network a terrorist organization. The bill seeks the US State Secretary to report on whether to declare the organization as terrorist outfit or not. SAMAA