Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto likened himself to a donkey as he defended his common overseas journeys whilst talking to newshounds withinside the US on Thursday.
In a video published through the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto says he will pay for his very own overseas journeys and “works difficult” and that his office “made him paintings like a donkey”.
Mr Bhutto turned into responding to grievance of his overseas journeys and questions on the price to the state this is suffering with an financial crisis.
“I should be the handiest overseas minister who buys his very own tickets, will pay his very own resort payments and does now no longer positioned the weight on Pakistan and its humans,” Mr Bhutto informed newshounds in Washington.
“Even if I am entitled to those expenses, as a Foreign Minister…These journeys aren’t for my gain. They have benefited Pakistan. It is my difficult paintings. When others pass overseas then they pass for a holiday. These humans make me paintings like a donkey,” he remarked, relating to his team.
The gain to Pakistan, he stated, turned into that the state had moved from the Grey List of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – the worldwide watchdog on terror financing – and that it is “main the G-77”.
The Pakistan Foreign Minister has made headlines for his arguable feedback on the UN recently.
On Thursday, the Pakistan Foreign Ministry denied reviews of Mr Bhutto’s arrest in New York.
“I should say that that is absolutely without any information or any basis. And I did now no longer assume any such query primarily based totally on social media chatter from a severe journalist,” stated Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, responding to a query.
Watch: Bilawal Bhutto’s Donkey Reference As He Defends His Foreign Trips
Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto likened himself to a donkey as he defended his common overseas journeys whilst talking to newshounds withinside the US on Thursday.
In a video published through the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto says he will pay for his very own overseas journeys and “works difficult” and that his office “made him paintings like a donkey”.
Mr Bhutto turned into responding to grievance of his overseas journeys and questions on the price to the state this is suffering with an financial crisis.
“I should be the handiest overseas minister who buys his very own tickets, will pay his very own resort payments and does now no longer positioned the weight on Pakistan and its humans,” Mr Bhutto informed newshounds in Washington.
“Even if I am entitled to those expenses, as a Foreign Minister…These journeys aren’t for my gain. They have benefited Pakistan. It is my difficult paintings. When others pass overseas then they pass for a holiday. These humans make me paintings like a donkey,” he remarked, relating to his team.
The gain to Pakistan, he stated, turned into that the state had moved from the Grey List of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – the worldwide watchdog on terror financing – and that it is “main the G-77”.
The Pakistan Foreign Minister has made headlines for his arguable feedback on the UN recently.
On Thursday, the Pakistan Foreign Ministry denied reviews of Mr Bhutto’s arrest in New York.
“I should say that that is absolutely without any information or any basis. And I did now no longer assume any such query primarily based totally on social media chatter from a severe journalist,” stated Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, responding to a query.