‘Used like toilet paper’: How Pak minister’s gaffe left Munir in a spot

Jayanta KalitaTIMESOFINDIA.COM
Feb 18, 2026 | 16:32 IST
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Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has repeatedly criticised Washington’s 'use and throw' approach toward Pakistan. Such remarks, however, risk embarrassing Army chief Asim Munir, who has gone out of his way to cultivate goodwill with Trump

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has once again put Islamabad in an awkward position with anti-US remarks, even as the country’s “hybrid government” seeks closer diplomatic and economic ties with the Trump administration.

Addressing the National Assembly during a debate on terrorism following the February 6 suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Islamabad, Asif said Pakistan had been “treated worse than toilet paper and then discarded” by the US after serving its strategic interests in Afghanistan.
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