US ready to work with Nawaz if he wins elections: WikiLeaks

LAHORE: A WikiLeaks cable revealed that the US said it could work with PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif provided he won the elections, a private TV channel reported on Thursday. A cable about Pak-US relations said that President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani no longer consider India a major threat, as according to them the terrorists straddling the Pak-Afghan border form the main part of threat to the country. The cable said that Pakistan should be stopped from exploiting terrorism and tribesmen as a tool in its foreign policy. “To make the Afghan war a success, the Pakistan government will have to be asked as to the sort of the government acceptable to Islamabad. The militants will exploit either a weak civilian government or a return to military rule that lacks popular legitimacy, so we should help government to complete its full five-year tenure,” the cables quoted the US government. “We can work with Nawaz Sharif only if he wins the next election, but Zardari is our best ally right now, and US interests are best served by preventing another cycle of military rule.” daily times monitor.