Pakistan PM Imran Khan Rejects Trump’s Allegations, Gave Him ‘List of Sacrifices’ Pak Made For US

In a series of tweets Khan claimed that Islamabad had joined the American war on terror even though no Pakistani national was involved in the 9/11 terror attack in the US, reports Efe news.

Islamabad: Pakistan’s Prime Minister on Monday reacted sharply to US President’s Donald Trump allegations that Islamabad failed to cooperate with the US and had helped the former Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden hide in the country until his death at the hands of the US military in a covert operation in 2011. In a series of tweets Khan claimed that Islamabad had joined the American war on terror even though no Pakistani national was involved in the 9/11 terror attack in the US, reports Efe news.

“Instead of making Pakistan a scapegoat for their failures, the US should do a serious assessment of why, despite 140,000 NATO troops plus 250,000 Afghan troops and reportedly $1 trillion spent on war in Afghanistan, the Taliban today are stronger than before. Can Trump name another ally that gave such sacrifices?,” Imran Khan tweeted in response to Donald Trump’s remarks.

Yesterday in an interview to broadcaster Fox News, Trump had accused the Pakistani government of hiding Osama Bin Laden in its territory and had claimed that despite the US giving $1.3 billion annually to Islamabad, the latter had done nothing.

“(Bin Laden) lived in Pakistan, we’re supporting Pakistan, we’re giving them $1.3 billion a year. I ended it because they don’t do anything for us, they don’t do a damn thing for us,” Trump had said.

“Think of this – living in Pakistan, beautifully in Pakistan in what I guess they considered a nice mansion,” said the US President, adding that Laden’s hideout had been next to a military academy.

Earlier, Pakistan’s Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari attacked President Trump’s criticism of Islamabad’s dubious role in the war against terrorism. She said the US President “suffers conveniently from perpetual historic amnesia!”

(With inputs from agencies)