Islamabad, Jan. 2 (TNS): Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday challenged President Donald Trump’s claim that the US has given Pakistan “more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years”, saying verification by an audit firm would prove the US president deceiver and liar.
“Pres Trump quoted figure of $33billion given to PAK over last 15yrs,he can hire a US based Audit firm on our expense to verify this figure & let the world know who is lying & deceiving..”, Asif tweeted soon after NSC meeting concluded.
The Pakistan Army spokesman, Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, at a press conference last week asserted that the aid Pakistan received from the US was “reimbursement for support we gave to the coalition for its fight against Al Qaeda.”
“Had we not supported the US and Afghanistan, they would never have been able to defeat Al Qaeda,” he had said.
Earlier, Asif’s tweet came after Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chaired a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) to discuss Trump’s recent accusations against Pakistan.
In his first tweet of the New Year, Trump had accused Pakistan of basing its relationship with the US on “nothing but lies and deceit”.
