Minister Shireen Mazari hits back at Trump after tirade

Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari on Sunday said US President Donald Trump’s recent tirade against Pakistan should be a lesson to those leaders who appeased the US after 9/11.

She said the policies of the United States do not coincide with Pakistan’s strategic interests and the war on terror after the 9/11 led to death and destruction in Pakistan.

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

Her tweets came in response to Trump’s comments saying Pakistan does not do “a damn thing” for the US, defending his administration’s decision to stop hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to the country.

Referring to Pakistan’s contributions to the US-led war on terror, Mazari added that the US president suffers from selective amnesia.

In his interview with Fox News, Trump claimed that Islamabad had helped al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden hide near the garrison city in an interview with Fox News.

Host Chris Wallace asked Trump: “Wouldn’t it have been nice if we got Osama bin Laden a lot sooner than that, wouldn’t it have been nice?”

“You know, living — 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,” Trump said, referring to bin Laden and his former compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.