by Liu Tian, Jamil Bhatti
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan is expected to face more pressure from U.S.-Indian ties what some experts here said will be strengthened in the near future as Donald Trump was sworn in as the new U.S. president on Friday.
Ali Sarwar Naqvi, executive director at the Center for International Strategy Studies, told Xinhua that Indian lobby around the new U.S. president is somewhat influential on his thoughts and approaches since some Indian origin Americans are very close to Trump.
"I believe his policies will be tilted towards India that will raise serious concerns for Pakistan and the whole region," Naqvi said, adding that India is also expected to play the U.S. card to point to Pakistan on its anti-terrorism policies in the context that in his inaugural speech, Trump said that the United States will unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism and eradicate it from the face of the Earth.
For decades, Pakistan and India have many outstanding issues needed to be resolved and the two bitter nuclear neighbors accuse each other of supporting militants in their territories. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi even branded Pakistan as a "mothership of terrorism" and the remark prompted strong criticism within Pakistan.
For his viewpoint, Zafar Nawaz Jaspal, professor at Department of Politics and International Relations at the Quaid-i-Azam University, said that the United States will continue to support India as it views India as a great power.
The Indo-U.S. relations will be further strengthened in the coming days and it will be the main irritant between Pakistan and the United States, he said.
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