Tank131
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Pak-US relations will change for the better once the issue of Afghanistan is settled. Then things go beyond the usual national security and counter-terrorism mindset and into a more normal relations like trade.
It is unlikely to get better post-Afghanistan. It is more likely history will repeat itself and you will have severe military sanctions or restrictions on Pakistan (unlikely to have economic sanctions unless there are major pressures the US wants to exert). It is more likely whem the last US Troops leave Afghanistan, the last military dealings will also take place and economic interests will be whatever they are. There is a lot of myopia in the congress regarding Pakistan and its role in the region and world and that has to do with a failure of a strong political action committee and poor representation of the relatively wealthy Pakistani diaspora within civil society. Basically the Pakistani community in the US (which is fairly wealthy by most respects) is not involved to a great degree in politics and policy making. That is slowly changing as is congress' Shortsightedness but time will tell.