Pak-US engagement critical to advancing shared goals, says PM.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday, noting the recent momentum in high-level bilateral exchanges, stressed that structured and broadbased Pakistan-US engagement was critical to advancing both countries' shared goals in bilateral and regional domains.

The prime minister, in a meeting with US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome who called on him, thanked the United States for its continued support for Pakistan's post-flood reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts, including at the recently held International Conference on Resilient Pakistan in Geneva. The prime minis ter reiterated that Pakistan attached importance to its longstanding ties with the United States, a PM Office statement said. He reaffirmed Pakistan's resolve to deepen economic and trade engagement with the United States.

Ambassador Blome said that the United...