RAWALPINDI – Director General ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor has said thatthe civil and military leadership has categorically reacted againstPresident Trump’s threat to Pakistan.

Talking with a Private TV Channel this evening, he termed this reaction asa national response and said that US President’s tweet was stronglycondemned by Federal Cabinet and National Security Committee and CorpsCommander Conference as well.

He said that Pakistan and its Army are not fighting for money but for peacein the region and security of the country.

He said the fund being provided by the US Administration to Pakistan undercoalition support fund was reimbursement which Pakistan has already spentin supporting to war against terror.

He said Pakistan received an amount of between 15-20 billion dollars undercoalition funds for our military expenditure, while the national exchequerincurred 123 billion dollars in losses.

DG ISPR said that Pakistan and the US are still friends and allies andPakistan wishes to continue this coordination in future to achieve commongoals and objectives. He said that we wish to move forward throughcooperative engagement but we will not compromise on self-respect anddignity.