On May 14, 2025, at 4:59 pm, four days after Operation Sindoor, a senior US State Department official received an email from Paul W. Jones, a former US ambassador now serving as an international affairs adviser at the Washington-based law and lobbying firm Squire Patton Boggs. Pakistan, after thanking US President Donald Trump publicly, set in motion another formal effort to reset its relationship with Washington — one that blended lobbying, diplomacy, and military signalling, and would later culminate in Army Chief General Asim Munir’s visit to the White House and announcements on minerals and energy cooperation.
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Jones made clear at the outset that his firm was acting transparently and legally. Squire Patton Boggs, he noted, is a registered agent of the Government of Pakistan under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
Attached to the email was a one-page policy document titled “A Renewed Pakistan–United States Relationship” — a tightly constructed pitch offering Pakistan as an economic, security, and geopolitical partner at a
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