The decision to resume Islamabad's participation in the International Military Education and Training Program underscores warming relations that have followed meetings this year between US President Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Khan.
"New Pakistan" has been Khan's catchphrase since he re-entered politics, promising to change the status quo. His new interior minister Ijaz Shah is a retired brigadier and ex-spy chief whom slain former PM Benazir Bhutto regarded as a deadly enemy.