Tekanan AS, termasuk ancaman Kongres untuk memangkas atau menetapkan persyaratan bagi bantuan bernilai miliaran dolar, dapat merusak kestabilan Pakistan dan bahkan mungkin mengakibatkan kejatuhan Presiden Pervez Musharraf, kata utusan Islamabad untuk Washington, Kamis.
U.S. pressure, including congressional threats to cut or put conditions on billions of dollars in aid, could destabilize Pakistan and maybe even bring down President Pervez Musharraf, Islamabad's envoy to Washington said on Thursday.