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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday called meeting with US President Donald Trump a ‘bitter pill to swallow’ but added ‘I would meet him.’ ‘I have been a staunch opponent of Pakistan's participation in the war on terror since it began in 2001 following the 9/11 attacks on the US,’ the Associated Press quoted Khan as saying. "Pakistan had nothing to do with it," he said, adding that he supported co-operation with the United States but not co-opting Pakistan's military into a ground battle with its own people in the tribal regions that border Afghanistan and where Afghan insurgents hide. Pakistan has responded angrily to Trump’s New Year tweet accusing Islamabad of ‘lies and deceit’ during the war on terror despite receiving billions of dollars in aid. Referring to Trump’s outburst, the PTI chief said the US president scapegoated Pakistan for the US-led coalition's failure to defeat the Taliban and bring peace to Afghanistan, an...
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