Washington, Apr 12 : A former US diplomat, who once served in Pakistan, has said that after Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani taking over as the new prime minister of Pakistan, the country was now closer to “true democracy” than ever before.
Ambassador Joseph H Melrose Jr, who represented the US in several countries, including Pakistan, during his three-decade long foreign service, said that now it was highly unlikely that Pakistan could fall under the control of extremists.