Washington, October 30: Hillary Clinton yesterday received a first-hand dose of the widespread antipathy and scepticism for the US inside Pakistan when she went head to head with students questioning the motives behind her country’s foreign policy.
Protesters gathered outside the Government College University in Lahore carrying banners claiming that a US aid package to Pakistan undermined the country’s sovereignty. The mood was only a little warmer inside the college as students lined up to quiz the US Secretary of State during an hour-long question and answer session.
“Whatever America is saying, we do not care,” said one protester, Ahmed Shaheen, the member of a conservative Islamist students’ organisation whose members gathered outside the college. “Because of the way they have behaved in the past, we would not want their aid even if it was free.”
–Agencies