Pak woman call US a mother-in-law; leaves Clinton in splits

The often tough talking American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was today left in peals of laughter after a Pakistani woman today compared the US to a nagging mother-in-law."We all know that the whole of Pakistan is facing the brunt of whatever is happening and trying to cooperate with the US, and somehow the US is like a mother-in-law which is just not satisfied with us," said Shamama, who identified herself as working with a women's group in restive northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the Afghan border.Her comment not only elicited a huge round of applause from those seated in the town hall here but also from Clinton who answered back in the same wit.Clinton, whose daughter Chelsea is married to an investment banker, said she could personally relate to the woman's perspective because she too was a mother-in-law."I think that's a great analogy I have never heard before," said Clinton adding "Now that I am a mother-in-law, I totally understand what you're saying and hope to do better privately and publicly." She said "I personally believe this relationship is critical, important to us both, and therefore we cannot give it up," and added, "Once a mother-in-law always a mother-in-law, but perhaps mothers-in-law can learn new ways also." Clinton, who was at the town hall for a meeting, is on two-day visit to Pakistan, alongside CIA chief David Petraeus and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Martin Dempsey in an attempt to improve frayed relationship and nudge the Pakistanis to act against the Haqqani network.