The United States military has announced the withdrawal of a number of its troops from Pakistan.
The Pentagon said it had received a request from the Pakistani government to reduce its presence in the country.
It is not clear if any American intelligence and special operations forces said to be in Pakistan clandestinely, are also being pulled out.
US special forces killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan on 2 May.
The US has more than 200 troops in Pakistan helping to train the army. The BBC reports that relations between Washington and Islamabad are particularly volatile at the moment.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has just been to China, buying fighter jets and reaffirming a strategic alliance.
