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'Peanuts, not billions of dollars': Nisar assails Trump's claims of aid for Pakistan
[DAWN] Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan...  Currently the Interior Minister of Pakistain. He is the senior leader of the Pak Moslem League (N) and a close aide to Nawaz Uncle FesterSharif. He is noted for his vocal anti-American railing in the National Assembly. However (comma) Khan told the U.S. ambassador that he was in fact pro-American but he and the PML-N would have to be critical of US actions in order to remain publicly credible. Khan cited his wife and children's US citizenship as proof, which means he's lying to one side or the other and probably both. He wears a wig, but you probably guessed that. since hair doesn't grow naturally in that shape or texture... on Wednesday lambasted the new policy for Afghanistan and South Asia announced by US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... , saying Pakistain was not responsible for the failure of US and its allies in Afghanistan. Nisar also ridiculed Trump's claim that the US has paid "billions and billions of dollars" to Pakistain and called on the government to issue the record of the past 20 years to "expose" American claims. "It's not billions of dollars, it's peanuts," the former interior minister said while addressing the National Assembly. Nisar said that Coalition Support Fund payments from the US were for services rendered by Pakistain in the fight against terrorism. He also criticised the US for dragging its feet in making payments from the military fund, adding: "If our bill [for military services] is $500 million, they [US] sit on it for months [...] and end up giving us $200 million." "They have ruined our roads, our airspace and our country, but are not ready to pay for the expenses." "Put your money where your mouth is," Nisar railed, adding that the US has been able to point fingers because Pakistain did not keep a proper record of American assistance. Posted by: Fred 2017-08-31 |
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