Pakistan PM Khan returns home exulting after Washington visit


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  • Thursday, 25 Jul 2019

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan in Washington, U.S., July 23, 2019. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan returned home from Washington on Thursday after a visit seen by supporters as a major diplomatic success, saying he felt like he had when he came back after winning the cricket World Cup.

U.S. President Donald Trump's warm reception of Khan and a delegation including the army chief and the head of the powerful ISI intelligence service was a welcome relief to a government under increasing economic pressure at home.

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