Pakistani nation not in danger, says Boucher

A lot of ‘very dangerous things’ are happening in Pakistan and some ‘very dangerous people are holed up in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA),” but that does not mean Pakistan as a nation is in danger, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher told a group of Pakistani correspondents at a special briefing on Thursday at the State Department.

He said Washington shares the new Pakistani government’s vision of a modern and progressive Islamic Pakistan, something the extremists reject, which is why they have to be fought and defeated.