US diplomat Alice Wells arrives in Pakistan for four-day visit.

ISLAMABAD -- Chief US diplomat for South Asian affairs, Alice Wells, arrived in Islamabad on Sunday, after wrapping up her tour of India and Sri Lanka, for a four-day visit to Pakistan centered around talks on bilateral issues.

Sources say that during her visit, which will end on Jan 22 (Wednesday), Wells is expected to meet representatives from Pakistan's political and military leadership to talk about several issues, including Pak-US ties, the Afghan reconciliation process, ongoing tensions in the region and Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir.

She will also speak at a think tank and engage with members of civil society on what the US State Department calls 'issues of bilateral and regional concern'.

Although Wells' visit comes immediately after Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi's trip to Washington, her...