ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistani envoy to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi, has asserted that US sanctions on Pakistan will have “zero effect”, dismissing them as inconsequential.
While speaking a private TV channel, Lodhi remarked that such sanctions are not a novel occurrence for Pakistan.
“Since the inception of Pakistan’s nuclear programme, the United States has imposed various sanctions, yet they have failed to bring about any substantial consequences,” said Lodhi, who has also represented Pakistan as an ambassador to the US.
Lodhi criticised what she described as the US’s discriminatory approach, pointing out that no such sanctions have been imposed on India, whose missile programme is far more advanced. “This is a clear double standard by the US,” she said, reiterating that the sanctions will not affect Pakistan.
