Can survive without US aid: Pak foreign minister

January 05, 2018 08:33

Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has said that Pakistan could survive without United States' aid, as the similar situation had occurred in the past too.

"They did it in the past as well, which is evident from our history. They have always betrayed us in hard times," Geo News quoted Asif as saying.

In the latest development, the United States' State Department confirmed the stopping off the aid to Pakistan.

As of now, they have announced suspension of only military aid, the humanitarian assistance would continue. -- ANI

IMAGE: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the State Department in Washington. Photograph: Yuri Gripas/Reuters

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