Pakistan asks US top diplomat to postpone visit to Islamabad over new policy

Pakistan asks US top diplomat to postpone visit to Islamabad over new policy

Acting United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Alice Wells' scheduled trip to Pakistan has been postponed, the US Embassy in Pakistan confirmed on Sunday.

Wells was set to visit Islamabad on August 28 to discuss "cooperation in the region", said a US State Department media note.

The trip was postponed at the request of the Government of Pakistan, US Embassy spokesman Rick Sinelsine informed.

The new date of the visit is not confirmed, he said, adding that the trip has been "postponed until a mutually convenient time."