Audit will reveal who's lying: Pak hits back at US on Trump's $33-bn jibe

Pakistan today challenged Donald Trump's claim that the US has given it more than USD 33 billion in aid over the last 15 years, saying verification by an audit firm would prove the US president wrong.

Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif in a tweet said that Trump could hire a US-based audit firm "on our expense" to verify the USD 33 billion aid figure and "let the world know who is lying and deceiving".

"Pres Trump quoted figure of $33 billion given to PAK over last 15 yrs, he can hire a US based Audit firm on our expense to verify this figure & let the world know who is lying & deceiving..," Asif tweeted.

Pakistan Army spokesman Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor at a press conference last week had said that the aid Pakistan received from the US was "reimbursement for support" Islamabad gave to the coalition for its fight against Al Qaeda.

"Had we not supported the US and Afghanistan, they would never have been able to defeat Al Qaeda," he had said.

Asif's tweet came as Prime ...