Summary The proceedings are scheduled to start at 3:00pm at the Parliament House.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – After US President Donald Trump levelled serious allegations against Pakistan in his first formal address as commander-in-chief, President Mamnoon Hussain has on Tuesday (tomorrow) summoned a session of National Assembly (NA).
The proceedings are scheduled to start at 3:00pm at the Parliament House, and NA is ready to give a firm reply to America.
Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal made it clear that the whole nation knows how to respond against any aggression.
NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq has contacted Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah, and said we will not allow US to threaten Pakistan and favor India.
America has forced us to rethink about our policies by not acknowledging Pakistan’s sacrifices, he commented.
Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique said America should not think that Pakistan is like Afghanistan. Our state institutions, armed forces and political parties are all on same page, he said.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi has suggested party chairman Imran Khan to attend the NA session which he declared an important development.
Let it be known that Donald Trump warned Pakistan that Washington will no longer tolerate Pakistan offering "safe havens" to extremists.
"We can no longer be silent about Pakistan’s safe havens for terrorist organizations," Trump declared, outlining a new US security strategy in South Asia.
"Pakistan has much to gain from partnering with our effort in Afghanistan. It has much to lose by continuing to harbor criminals and terrorists."
Going further, Trump suggested that military and other aid to Washington’s nuclear-armed ally is at stake if it does not clamp down on extremism.
"We have been paying Pakistan billions and billions of dollars at the same time they are housing the very terrorists that we are fighting," he said.
"That will have to change and that will change immediately," he said.
"It is time for Pakistan to dedicate to civilization and order and peace."
With inputs from AFP
