According to PTI party, US diplomats have contacted Khan to arrange his meeting with Kerry who is due in the country on Wednesday evening.However, Khan has refused to meet the secretary at US Embassy and has offered to meet him anywhere except the embassy.
The PTI chief is likely to raise up the issue of war on terror and concerns over drones attack in the tribal belt of the country.
Kerry will arrive in Islamabad today on a two-day visit to discuss issues ranging from bilateral relations to regional situation.
During his stay130 the US Secretary of State will meet Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and hold talks with Advisor on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz.
The two sides are expected to discuss resumption of strategic dialogue as well as cooperation in different fields including energy.
The two sides will hold threadbare discussion on regional situation with particular reference to post 2014 situation.
Kerry would be the most senior US official to visit the country since Nawaz Sharif was sworn in as Pakistan s new prime minister after May elections.
Pakistan-US relations are on the mend after virtually collapsing in a series of crises in 2011 including the discovery by US commandos of Osama bin Laden hiding in the northwestern town of Abbottabad.
For seven months Pakistan also cut off NATO overland supply lines into Afghanistan after botched US air strikes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan border.
Pakistani cooperation will be vital as the US withdraws the bulk of its forces from Afghanistan by the end of next year after more than a decade of war, and Sharif has promised his government s support.
But the vexed issue of US drone strikes in Pakistan s tribal zones continues to dog relations, with Islamabad condemning them as a violation of sovereignty.
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