WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday said that Pakistan wanted its ties with the US based upon mutual trust and as equal partners sans seeking any aid.In response to a query at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), about his final words to sum up his US visit, he said Pakistan did not seek a friendship of the past which was based upon seeking aid from the US.After my maiden visit to the US, the prime minister said, I was happy to have a dignified relationship between the two countries with a mutual trust over peace process in Afghanistan.He said he hated the phrase ‘aid& when someone asked about it and termed this expression as ‘one of the biggest curses for his country.The prime minister said "the dependent syndrome was the most humiliating for a country." A country could only rise through self-respect and self-esteem and not by begging, he added.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source.
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