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Will seize Hafiz Saeed-run charities: Pakistan PM Abbasi to US

Abbasi brushed off US President Donald Trump's recent tweet accusing Pakistan of 'lies and deception' and warned the US not to weaken Pakistan

Shahid Abbasi
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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PNL-N) leader and the country's interim Prime Ministerial candidate Shahid Khaqan Abbasi | Photo: PTI

Drazen Jorgic, Kay Johnson | Reuters
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday said his government will push ahead with plans to seize control of charities run by an Islamist designated a terrorist by Washington, and warned the United States not to weaken Pakistan.

Abbasi brushed off US President Donald Trump’s recent tweet accusing Pakistan of “lies and deception” in its commitment to fighting terrorism, as he raised the prospect of charging the United States to use Pakistan’s airspace to resupply NATO troops in Afghanistan.

Under pressure from the United States and international institutions to crack down on terrorist financing, Pakistan last month drew up secret plans