Imran Khan minister slams Trump for saying 'Pakistan doesn't do a damn thing for US'

"Whether China or Iran, US policies of containment and isolation do not coincide with Pakistan's strategic interests," Mazari said and accused Trump of suffering "from perpetual historic amnesia".

Reacting to Trump's statement, Shireen Mazari reminded him about the human losses incurred by Islamabad over the years and in turn accused US of carrying out illegal killings in the country.

New Delhi: Just a day after Donald Trump claimed that Pakistan "does not do a damn thing" for the US, he was slammed by Pakistan Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari who reminded the President about the human losses incurred by Islamabad over the years and in turn accused US of carrying out illegal killings in the country. Mazari tweeted : "The loss of Pakistani lives in the US War on Terror, the free space for (CIA contractor) Raymond Davis and other operatives, the illegal killings by drone attacks - the list is endless," Mazari tweeted.   "Once again history shows appeasement does not work," Mazari added. Mazari's response came after Trump's statement about Pakistan not doing anything for the US became leading international news. In an interview to Fox News, Trump referred to Laden and his former compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and said ,"you know, think of this, living in Pakistan, beautifully in Pakistan in what I guess they considered a nice mansion, I don't know, I've seen nicer. But living in Pakistan right next to the military academy; everybody in Pakistan knew he was there," he added. Then he added: “and we give Pakistan USD 1.3 billion a year. ... (Laden) lived in Pakistan, we're supporting Pakistan, we're giving them USD 1.3 billion a year - which we don't give them anymore, by the way, I ended it because they don't do anything for us, they don't do a damn thing for us.” The compound where Laden was in hiding was demolished shortly after the US Naval Special Warfare Development Group forces, in a daring helicopter raid, killed Laden there in 2011. The US-Pakistan ties became tense after Trump hit out at the country for providing safe havens to "agents of chaos" that kill Americans in Afghanistan and warned Islamabad that it has "much to lose" by harbouring terrorists. Trump said this while announcing his Afghanistan and South Asia policy in August last year. Mazari called "Trump's tirade against Pakistan" a lesson for those Pakistani leaders "who kept appeasing the US especially after 9/11". "Whether China or Iran, US policies of containment and isolation do not coincide with Pakistan's strategic interests," the Minister said. Mazari accused Trump of suffering "from perpetual historic amnesia".

Trump's tirade against Pak & his claim that that Pak does not do "a damn thing" for the US shd be a lesson for those Pak ldrs who kept appeasing the US esp after 9/11! The renditions; the loss of Pak lives in US WoT; the free space for Raymond Davis & other operatives; etc etc

— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) November 19, 2018

The illegal killings by drone attacks; the list is endless but once again history shows appeasement does not work. Also, whether China or Iran, US policies of containment & isolation do not coincide with Pak strategic interests. https://t.co/tFBe9BentG

— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) November 19, 2018