The US secretary of defense James Mattis’ visit to Pakistan is of utmost importance. Pakisatan’s response to his visit will define not only the future of bilateral relations between these two countries but also the future of next government to be installed in Pakistan in coming year. It is categorically clear that the Trump’s government, which is already facing accusation of Russian support to get on to power, can influence Pakistan’s general election 2018 if Pakistan did not comply with ‘do more’ message of Mattis.
James Mattis is the key person of Trumps’s cabinet; he was responsible for the American military operations in Middle East, Northeast Africa, and Central Asia during Obama’s regime. Currently, James Mattis is also on important mission to meet with leaders of Middle East and South Asia to ensure their cooperation in implementation of Trump's foreign policy-'elimination of Islamic extremism from the world'.
At this stage, it is truly a dire need of the time that Pakistan should carefully prepare a strategic map for continuing trustworthy and cooperation based relations with the US or get ready to bear the consequences.
