ISLAMABAD – Pakistani authorities have sent a clear message to US either incase of diplomatic restrictions or the point of US top diplomatic release.In all cases relations with US would be on reciprocal basis and all perlaws of Pakistan.

Pakistan barred a US diplomat involved in a fatal traffic accident fromleaving the country, forcing an American military aircraft flown in for hisdeparture to leave without him, local media reported on Saturday.

The move came a day after Pakistan said it would restrict the movements ofall American diplomats in the country in response to Washington’s similarrestrictions on Pakistani embassy diplomats.

A spokesman for the US embassy in Islamabad declined to comment on eitherdevelopment in the uneasy alliance with Pakistan.

The country is a crucial link to supplying American troops fighting theTaliban in neighbouring Afghanistan. But Washington has long believed itactually shelters the Taliban’s leaders, and President Donald Trump has cutoff military aid in an effort to pressure Pakistan.

The latest blow to relations came on Saturday, when Pakistani authoritiesbanned a US military attache from leaving as planned.

A day earlier, an Islamabad court had ruled his diplomatic immunity may notapply in the April 7 traffic accident in which the US attache’s vehicle hita motorcycle, killing the 22-year-old driver, both papers reported.

As a result, a US Air Force C130 flown in to Pakistan’s Nur Khan air baseoutside Islamabad was forced to leave without him on Friday.

Separately, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said it would apply travelrestrictions to all US diplomatic staff similar to those applied byWashington, according to a notification sent to the US Embassy on Fridayand obtained by Reuters.

The new US rules require diplomats to obtain permission to travel more than40 kilometers (25 miles) from their stations, the local Dawn newspaperreported