BILL INTRODUCED IN U.S. HOUSE TO CANCEL DESIGNATION OF PAKISTAN AS MAJOR NON-NATO ALLY

Highlights

• This bill introduced by Republican Congressman Andy Biggs terminates Pakistan’s designation as major non-NATO ally, which was given during the Bush Administration in 2004

• This new bill will also ask the president to certify that Pakistan has shown progress in order to arrest and prosecute senior leaders and mid-level operatives of the Haqqani Network

• At present, there are 17 M....