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TEHRAN, December 07 - Donald Trump said in November that Washington had cut aids to Pakistan since the country, the US president claimed, had done "nothing" to fight terror. The blunt comment has not gone unnoticed and the latest Pakistani official to react was the federal minister for human rights, who censured the "nonsense."
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Speaking in an interview with Ruptly on Thursday, Shireen Mazari also praised Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan for responding to Trump’s allegation.
“For the first time a Pakistani Prime Minister stood his ground and told him off for basically accusing Pakistan of all sorts of things and reminding him of the sacrifices that Pakistan had made in the US led war on terror,” said Mazari.
In a series of tweets and media reports, Trump had claimed that despite receiving “billions” in US aid, Pakistan had been idle in the fight against terror.
Khan has since made numerous statements denouncing Trump’s claims.
Earlier on Thursday, the Washington Post published an interview from Khan detailing the premier’s reaction.
Further commenting on the US president's statements about Pakistan, Mazari noted that Trump’s recent letter to Pakistan's premier, asking for his country's help to end the conflict in Afghanistan, shows the US is, nonetheless, aware of Pakistan's importance amid US policy flaws in Afghanistan.
“The problem with Americans is that the policy has been exposed to being wrong. Their policy has failed; their military approach has absolutely failed. There is more chaos, there is more terrorism, and there are more deaths now in Afghanistan than ever before.” said Mazari.
“We would like to help US and Afghans come to the dialogue table with Taliban. We would like to see peace and stability, because if there’s no peace in Afghanistan, there cannot be peace and security in Pakistan, especially along our western international border.”
The Pakistan minister, however, pointed out that Moscow and Beijing had also understood the strategic significance of the region.
Echoing Khan’s earlier comments, Mazari added that Pakistan no longer sought to limit itself to American foreign policy, and was evaluating cooperating with previously ignored governments, such as Russia.
Source: Press TV
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