ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has responded to US President Donald Trump’s remarksthat “Pakistan doesn’t do a thing for the US”, and asserted that this is alesson for Pakistani leaders who kept on appeasing America after theSeptember 11 attacks.
Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari said that Trump’s tirade againstPakistan did not take into account the loss of Pakistani lives in the Warof Terror and the free space given to elements like Raymond Davis who wascharged with homicide in Pakistan.
Trump’s tirade against Pak & his claim that that Pak does not do “a damnthing” for the US shd be a lesson for those Pak ldrs who kept appeasing theUS esp after 9/11! The renditions; the loss of Pak lives in US WoT; thefree space for Raymond Davis & other operatives; etc etc
— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) November 19, 2018link
“The illegal killings by drone attacks; the list [of atrocities] is endlessbut once again history shows appeasement does not work. Also, whether Chinaor Iran, US policies of containment and isolation do not coincide withPakistan’s strategic interests,” She added.
The illegal killings by drone attacks; the list is endless but once againhistory shows appeasement does not work. Also, whether China or Iran, USpolicies of containment & isolation do not coincide with Pak strategicinterests. link
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— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) November 19, 2018link
Former foreign minister Khawaja Asif also condemned the US president’sremarks, writing that the relationship between Pakistan and America is oneof “betrayals and sanctions”.
He tweeted: “We continue to pay in blood for what we did for the USA fromBeda Ber to fighting wars which weren’t ours. [We] reinvented our religionto suit US interests, destroyed our tolerant ethos and replaced it withbigotry and intolerance.”
