As the National Assembly is expected to be dissolved ahead of its constitutional term next month, the United States has reiterated its stance of working with a government elected by Pakistanis. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Elizabeth Horst, during a conference on the future of Pakistan-US Relations in Houston on Tuesday, said: "We do not have any position on any political candidate or party." Horst, who heads the Pakistan bureau at the US State Department, also said:.