Pakistan Summons US Envoy to Protest Trump’s Allegations

Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday summoned the American Charge d’Affaires in Islamabad to protest against US President Donald Trump’s remarks that Islamabad had helped slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to hide in the country. “The Foreign Secretary (Tehmina Janjua) called in the US Charge d’Affaires Ambassador Paul Jones to register a strong protest on the unwarranted and unsubstantiated allegations made against Pakistan,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “Rejecting the insinuations about bin Laden, (the) Foreign Secretary reminded the US Charge d’Affaires that it was Pakistan’s intelligence cooperation that provided the initial evidence to trace the whereabouts of bin Laden,” the statement added. (IANS)