US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Saturday said that America's efforts to strengthen its relationship with Pakistan will not come at the expense of its "good" partnership with India and pointed out that Washington had a long history of partnering with Islamabad on counterterrorism. Responding to a reporter during a press briefing over the turning point in US and Pakistan ties, Rubio said that the US would like to expand the relationship beyond that, if possible, and understood that there would be some difficulties and some challenges. Reporter asked, "I wanted to ask you about the relationship with Pakistan. It seems like it’s been so strengthened this year. Was that based on their recognition of the US role and the President’s role in resolving and in avoiding potential war betwee

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