No more funds will be provided to Pakistan: Donald Trump
No more funds will be provided to Pakistan: Donald Trump
Share:

Islamabad: Hours after US President Donald Trump criticizes Pakistan in a tweet, informing that the South Asian country would not be given any more financial assistance due to it being a 'terror safe, haven', a red-faced Pakistan discharged the assertions and also summoned the US ambassador to the country to register its protest.  

Defending the financial support that the Pakistan government had been receiving from the US in the past, the Pakistan Army spokesman, Major General Asif Ghafoor, stated that the aid Pakistan had gotten from the US was "Compensation for support Islamabad gave to the coalition for its fight against Al Qaeda", reported.  

Pakistan's defence minister also slammed the US government's stance, claiming that Pakistan as an "anti-terror" Nation had rendered land and air communication, military bases and intel cooperation "for free" that helped them to "decimate Al-Qaeda over last 16 years.  

"However, the US has given us nothing but invective and mistrust.They overlook cross-border safe havens of terrorists who murder Pakistanis," the ministry added

Pakistan foreign minister Khwaja Asif claimed that the country was "ready to give account for every penny given by the US,"Earlier in the day, US President Donald Trump on Monday declared that no more funds will be provided to Pakistan, blaming the country for giving 'risk-free havens' to the terrorists.   

 

 

 

Join NewsTrack Whatsapp group
Related News