June 01, 2008	Sunday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 26, 1429

SINGAPORE, May 31: Defen-ce ties between Pakistan and the United States will remain strong through the next administration despite tough talk from US presidential candidates looking to review the relationship, a top Pakistan military official said on Saturday.

Pakistan’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee chairman Gen Tariq Majeed told Reuters on the sidelines of a security conference that the common goal of fighting terrorism will be the basis of the relationship between the two countries.

—Reuters