Pak is deaf to US warning This is not the first time that the US has given a strong message to Pakistan to act against terrorists living in safe havens there. This type of message has been given to it a number of times in recent years. And all the US messages to Pak went unheeded. Pakistan never acted against terror on the US suggestion, advice, instruction, and dictation. The stark example of this is about the US most wanted terrorist Al-Qaeda boss Osama-bin-Laden, who was in safe havens in Abbottabad near Karachi in Pakistan, before being killed in the raid of his residence by the SEAL (US national navy). Pakistan had always been in denial mode about the whereabouts of Osama-bib-Laden while he was living there in safe havens. The duplicity of Pakistan is no longer a secret. It is known worldwide. The US is required to take direct action against Pakistan to show the world, especially, India that it wants at heart to fight against terrorism to finish. Though Pakistan has denied about the US wish list of about 100 terrorists whom the US wants to be handed over, the name of India’s most wanted terrorist Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar are not on it. The US list does not contain the name of Hafiz Saed, the Mumbai terror attack mastermind who carries a bounty of 10 million dollars on his head, but has been under house arrest since January.Mostly the terrorists belonging to Haqqani network figured on the list. To fight against terrorism and act against the nation which aids, abets and support terrorism, it is necessary to take hard steps on the ground. Merely giving verbal warning time and again cannot serve the purpose. Rather, it emboldens the nation which sponsors terrorism. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he had a frank exchange with Pakistan leadership on US expectations in a fight against terror. Tillerson himself had made the US position clear, at a press briefing on the last leg of his 8-day visit in Geneva.During his recent visit to Pakistan, he said he had a frank exchange of views with the Pakistani leadership and made it clear that nothing could be achieved by lecturing, but the US was very clear about expectations and what it was asking. The US too should have clear intent while dealing with the issue of terrorism. If it continued to keep its interest uppermost as far as terrorism is concerned, its fight cannot be taken to the logical end. The time has come for the US to act against Pakistan. It is always in denial mode on the issue of providing safe havens to terrorism. So, it deserves to be given a hard blow to open its mind. Otherwise, the warning after warning will go in vain.