Obama declare no to civil nuclear deal with Pakistan

Obama Administration in a blunt message told it that such a deal is not on platter of its talks with Islamabad. After then Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said that his country "qualifies" for a civilian nuclear deal with the US.

"We are focused on Pakistan's energy needs, but, as we said last week, right now that does not include civilian nuclear energy," Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P J Crowley told reporters.

A high-level Pakistani delegation led by the country's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was here last month to launch the US-Pak Strategic Dialogue.

The Pakistani delegation sought a civil nuclear deal with the US on the lines of that of India.
The Obama Administration did not give any concrete assurance to Qureshi, neither did it totally reject the request.