“I have never bowed before anyone, nor will I allow our country to bow before anyone,” he told a large number of supporters at the airport on his return after a three-day trip to the US. “We have not achieved anything by “begging before any powerful nation. My entire struggle is focused on making our country one of the great nations.”
Pakistan's Premier had a one-to-one meeting with President Donald Trump and promised him Islamabad’s help to resolve the Afghanistan imbroglio. Khan reportedly told Trump, he would negotiate with the Taliban and Afghanistan government to facilitate an amicable resolution to the crisis in the embattled nation.
Commenting on Imran Khan’s US visit, Pakistan People’s Party leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said, “it is a pity, even when representing our country abroad, selected PM can’t get off his container.”
Pitty even when representing our country abroad Selected PM can’t get of his container. Imran is a ruler not a leader. 🇵🇰 needs a leader who speaks for all Pakistanis not just himself. If government does opposition & opposition does opposition then who’s left to run the country?
— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) July 21, 2019
Bilawal Bhutto had tweeted, "I have many reservations about our PM, his undemocratic politics and economically fatal policies. I believe much of his conduct abroad, particularly his 'jalsa' (behaviour) is unbecoming of a PM who is supposed to represent not just PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf)
I‘ve many reservations about our PM, his undemocratic politics & economically fatal polices. I also believe much of his conduct abroad particularly his jalsa is unbecoming of a PM who is supposed to represent 🇵🇰 not just PTI. 1/2 #TrumpHostsKhan
— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) July 23, 2019
Meanwhile, Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal said, “relations between Pakistan and the US have been reestablished.” In his weekly press briefing, hours after the Prime Minister’s return Dr Faisal said, “Even the American did not use ‘do more’,” reports the Dawn.
"Relations between Pakistan and the US have been reestablished," says Dr Faisal.https://t.co/HpRLMzokyU
— Dawn.com (@dawn_com) July 25, 2019
This was the first visit by a Pakistan premier to the US since 2015 to repair relations that had been dented by Washington's impatience with Islamabad over its efforts to reign in terror groups operating from its territory. The Trump Administration had withdrawn $300 million in military aid to Pakistan in September last year, as it had not done enough to crack down the militants.
"Prime Minister's Imran Khan's talks with the US president will mark an effort by the two leaders to reset the ties. It will expand bilateral cooperation on trade and investment as well as work toward peace in South Asia at large and Afghanistan in particular," the Pakistan information ministry had said. Ahead of Khan's visit, Pakistan had detained several terrorist leaders including Hafiz Saeed of Lashkar-e-Taiba, wanted for several heinous crimes in India.
