‘Used like toilet paper’: How Pak minister’s gaffe left Munir in a spot
- Jayanta Kalita
- TIMESOFINDIA.COMUpdated: Feb 18, 2026, 16:32 IST IST
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.
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.
