Renewal of US-Pakistan Partnership

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The history of relations between Pakistan and the United States (US) has been both cooperative and conflictual. The Pakistan-US partnership of the 1980s, though imminently satisfactory in the short run, proved counterproductive and disappointing for Pakistan in the long term. According to the US State Department report on 'global terrorism' for 1999, there was continuing terrorist-related violence in Pakistan as a result of domestic conflicts between sectarian and political groups. The Clinton administration considered the October 1999 Pakistan military coup to be a serious setback to the country's efforts to return to the democratic election process beginning in 1988. On 11 and 13 May 1998, India conducted the underground nuclear tests, breaking a 24 years self-imposed moratorium on nuclear testing. The US administration warmly encouraged the Pervez Musharraf government's educational and social reforms and announced an assistance package for Pakistan aimed at helping Musharraf achieve his vision of transforming Pakistan into a moderate and democratic progressive Islamic state.

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