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To this,
Pakistan's Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Mohammad Faisal had written on Twitter:
Pakistan takes exception to the factually incorrect statement issued by US State Dept on today’s phone call btwn PM Khan & Sec Pompeo. There was no mention at all in the conversation about terrorists operating in Pakistan. This shd be immediately corrected.
— Dr Mohammad Faisal (@ForeignOfficePk) August 23, 2018
The US, which had via its Department of State called for Pakistan to do more about the terrorists on its soil, has also brushed aside Pakistan's ensuing protests regarding the contents and veracity of said statement.
Not yet even a week old, Pakistan's new government had already had to backtrack regarding the contents of PM Modi's congratulatory message to Imran Khan, and now, it's had to do the same regarding the US' statement.
Is this how the new Paki govt is going to run? Lies and deceit have always been its hallmark. Nothing's going to change. After all, one can't straighten a dog's tail.