WASHINGTON: Trump administration’s decision to suspend the United States(US) security assistance to Pakistan was not effective in persuadingIslamabad to change its policies; the US State Department informed theCongress on Wednesday, reported a local English daily.link>

Both US officials and lawmakers acknowledged that Islamabad had a key rolein bringing peace to Afghanistan.

The committee’s Republican Chairman, Senator Robert Corker, in his openingaddress, praised Trump administration’s decision to suspend US security aidto Pakistan

He said that the administration’s decision to draw a clear line withPakistan was correct and that the security assistance should bediscontinued for as long as Islamabad continues to shelter Haqqani, alongwith providing safe havens to other terrorist groups.