Pak PM Shehbaz finally admits ... that his nation has been a 'begging' master !! "Allies China, Saudi .... They no longer expect us to go with begging bowl"

 "They no longer expect us to go there with a begging bowl," said Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

This is a reality check for a nation and also their Indian sympathisers among others that Bharat's western neighbour has over the decades excelled on two things -- 

-- exporting terror

and - being a Begging master. 

Smiles.... Sickularism  

"China is the most time-tested friend of Pakistan. Saudi Arabia is one of the most reliable and trustworthy friends of Pakistan. This applies to Turkey, Qatar and the UAE," he said.  

"But let me point out abundantly here that they expect us now to engage them in trade, commerce, innovation, research and development, education and health, investments, and profitable ventures mutually. 

They no longer expect us to go there with a begging bowl," he said.

Sharif stressed that Pakistan should fully utilise natural and human resources to tide over its economic challenges, adding that he and Field Marshal Asim Munir no longer want to carry the burden of dependency on their shoulders.

But he still has a bravado line drawn ... seemingly straight from Rawalpindi.

"I am the last person, along with Field Marshal Asim Munir, to carry this (economic) burden any more on our shoulders. The Almighty has blessed us with natural and human resources. 

We must make full use of them and deploy them for these very profitable ventures," Shehbaz stated.

The Pakistani Prime Minister's remarks came at a time when its allies like Turkey have sided with Islamabad and condemned India's strikes on terror camps in the neighbouring country.

On May 7, India launched Operation Sindoor, military strikes on nine terror bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 people. The strikes killed 100 terrorists from the Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.

Operation Sindoor was launched in response to the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, which killed 26 people, mostly tourists.  

Shehbaz making such a statement virtually 'admitting' his government's and country's limitation is somehow baffling. 

During the last fortnight, Shehbaz has been on bluffing spree and even has claimed that it was India which sought ceasefire to bring an end to the Operation Sindoor. 

In effect that could mean in his fiction-scripting exercise; he was probably surpassing even Donald Trump.