Pakistan seeks ' reduction of CIA employees '

12 April 2011 last updated at 13: 15 GMT against the United States feeling across Pakistan has in recent months Pakistan has the United States who asked say eskaliertUS media reports reduce CIA agents in the country and the drone limit strikes on the Afghan border.

The reports quote unnamed officials and come as us and headquarters met us Pakistani Spy chiefs with the CIA.

An official spokesman described the meetings as "productive".

Relations between the two countries have frayed, shot dead two men in the city of Lahore since earlier this year a CIA Contractor.

Last month a Pakistani court of Raymond Davis released after Sin him two counts of murder, when members of the two men he shot pardoned him in court.

Mr. Davis managed the men attempted to rob him.

The case fueled anti-us feeling in Pakistan and led to angry demonstrations - in particular, if it were, worked it for the CIA. Hardline religious parties were interested in to see him punished.

Army demand

The ongoing diplomatic strains emerged, where CIA Director Leon Panetta met the head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, Ahmed Shuja Pasha, in the U.S. State of Virginia.

Read the main story Syed Shoaib Hasan BBC News, Karachi

It seems more seriousness about Pakistan's intentions with these latest revelations.

The military, which effectively controlled defined foreign policy and strategic interests, was dissatisfied with the free hand, which has given the United States in intelligence operations across the country.

It has always felt, that the financial and material support of the United States of Pakistan gave not the requirements of the country. The theme of Raymond Davis had taken these niggling concerns with all crucial point.

While Mr. Davis improve relations has helped to release, the issue of other people as the country, as well as the continued drone running around him prevented effective approach to attacks.

The New York Times reported that about 335 United States staff, special operations, CIA officers and contractors were to force staff to leave Pakistan. He cited unnamed Pakistani official said closely in the discussions be included.

Pakistan wants the removal of the CIA Contractor for associations that have Pakistan uninformed been, Pakistani officials said the paper.

The officials estimated, which would account for 25-40% of CIA employees in the country. The decline which seems CIA operations requested Ashfaq Kayani were personally by Pakistan's Army Chief Gen.

Pakistan also requires that one drones campaign to remove restrictions in the United States fighters in troubled Northwest of Pakistan, other unnamed Pakistani official told the New York Times.

'Solid foundation'

But unnamed U.S. Government officials in the New York cited denies times report any request been produced, the reduction of CIA agents in Pakistan.

CIA spokesman Preston Golson news agency Reuters said: "Director Panetta and General held productive discussions today Pasha and the CIA-ISI relationship remains on solid basis to make."

US drone that escalated attacks in northwestern of Pakistan have since the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Last year, more than 100 raids in the area were reported.

Only have American troops providing capacity, drone aircraft in Pakistan

The United States not routinely confirm it leads the drone operations in Pakistan, but analysts say only American armed forces have the ability, providing aircraft in the region.

Drone attacks are enormously unpopular with the Pakistani public. Correspondents say they have the tacit approval of the authorities, although the strike deny Pakistani leaders secretly supported.

Many militants, some of them senior, were killed in the raids, but hundreds of civilians have also died.

The difficult relations between the United States and Pakistan maintained several incidents in the past year:

Released one day after Raymond Davis in March was a strike drone many civilians killed, prompted an unprecedented outburst against the attacks by Pakistan Army ChiefIn, the end of 2010 Pakistan temporarily an important border crossing due to the NATO closed air strike, the two Pakistani soldiers killed the previous undercover CIA chief in Pakistan was forced to leave the country for safety after its name in Pakistani proceedings published

Tuesday's reports follow a candid interview that Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari Britain's Guardian newspaper said on Monday was that of the Afghan war was "destabilizing Pakistan".

He was also a recently published report of the White House that Pakistan does not have an own plan to fight the rebels in the country said, adding that most US politicians lacked an understanding of the situation.

The BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan in Karachi says that Mr Zardari interview comes at a time when many in Pakistan believe that the United States blame the country's instability at the same time directly to the help it with its actions on the Afghan border.

Mr Zardari statements are expected to be courtesy of Pakistan's security establishment, meet that feels itself increasingly that the United States is their Pakistani Alliance for granted, our correspondent adds.

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