Islamabad, Jan 2: Pakistan has summoned US ambassador in Islamabad
and lodged protest over US President Donald Trump's tweet in which he doubted
Pakistan's role against terrorism, according to local reports.
US Ambassador to Pakistan David Hale was called
to the Foreign Ministry late Monday after high level consultations between
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and civil and military leaders, the Xinhua
reported.Trump earlier twitted that "The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools."
Trump further wrote that "They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!"
The reports said that Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua summoned the US ambassador and sought clarification about Trump's remarks.
She told the US envoy that Pakistan has taken action against all militants' groups without any discrimination and regretted that her country's sacrifices are being ignored.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif and opposition leaders joined hands to come up with angry reaction to Trump's tweet and said the US president is shifting blame of the US failure in Afghanistan to Pakistan. UNI
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