Pakistan, Feb. 17 -- A joint statement was issued at the end of parleys between US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday in which Pakistan was urged to make sure that its territory was not used for cross-border terrorism attacks and called upon to expeditiously bring to justice the perpetrators of 26/11 Mumbai and Pathan kot attacks has incensed Pakistan which has rightly dismissed it as one-sided, misleading and contrary to the diplomatic norms.

However, it has not come as a surprise for the people who are savvy of the perennial US stance in this respect. A joint statement issued at the end of the meeting between Trump and Modi in June 2017 also made a similar reference regarding Pakistan. Perhaps an...