Won't accept U.S. policy to make Indian PM 'Chaudhary' of Pak: Rabbani

Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani on Saturday said that they "will not accept the United States policy to make the Indian Prime Minister a Chaudhary of this region."

Speaking at a seminar on democracy at the Karachi Press Club, Rabbani asked the people of Pakistan to come forward and join hands against the Trump's remarks on Pakistan, while rolling out the new South Asian policy, The Express Tribune reported.

"Pakistan has rendered great sacrifices in the war against terrorism and the international players must understand and realise it," he said.

He insisted, "A weak democracy is hundred times better than a dictatorship," and asked as to who had given permission to the U.S. to use "our airports and airspace in the war against terrorism."

This remark comes after Washington openly criticised Islamabad for its double standards in fighting the war against terrorism in Afghanistan, and, at the same time, sought more help from India in Afghanistan.

While rolling out the new Afghan Policy, Trump had said, "People in Pakistan have suffered from terror, but at same time Pakistan has been a safe haven for terrorists."

Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump sought more help from India in Afghanistan.

Speaking from the Fort Myer military base in Arlington, Va., Trump said, "We will develop a deeper strategic partnership with India, but we want them to help us more in Afghanistan."

He further added that "India makes billions of dollars with the United States in trade; we want them to help us more in Afghanistan."

Relations between Afghanistan and India received a major boost in 2011 with the signing of a strategic partnership agreement, Afghanistan's first since the Soviet invasion of 1979.

According to a 2010 Gallup survey, Afghan adults are more likely to approve of India's leadership than the Chinese or the U.S. leadership.

Trump's wish of a bigger Indian role in Afghanistan is a blow for Pakistan, which has been opposing New Delhi's presence in Kabul.