How US-Pak ties are going to shape?

How US-Pak ties are going to shape?

          America's tormented relationship with Pakistan has long had the subtlety of a professional wrestling match. So when frayed relations turned openly hostile in recent weeks, it was hardly a surprise to see Pakistani officials flirt publicly with China, America's biggest rival in Asia.

          Within days of the American raid deep inside Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden, Pakistani officials travelled to Beijing and asked their "Chinese brothers" to operate a strategic port on the Arabian Sea.

          They also said the two countries were planning oil pipelines, railroads and even military bases in Pakistan for the Chinese Navy.

           With the tortured marriage clearly in trouble, Islamabad has sent signals that it is ready to start seeing other people. Can Washington afford to do the same? And just how far could Pakistan get by playing the field?

          With Bin Laden dead and the White House determined to get the bulk of American troops out of Afghanistan as quickly as possible,

          United States and Pakistan into a tight embrace, but those ties weakened and ultimately broke once that threat had passed. Similarly, an American withdrawal from Afghanistan could put greater distance between the two nations and allow ties between Washington and New Delhi to grow.