India criticises Pak PM for offer on cash transfer programme

Rejecting Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's offer of technical assistance in sharing the expertise of their cash transfer program, India said on Thursday that it would hardly be wise to seek help and advice from a "debt-ridden nation". India also reminded Islamabad that "India has a stimulus package as large as Pakistan's annual GDP".

Reminding Pakistan of how it used up its reserves to finance terror, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Anurag Srivastava, during a weekly briefing, said Pakistan is better known for making cash transfers to bank accounts outside the country rather than helping the poor.

"Pakistan is better known for making cash transfers to bank accounts outside the country rather than giving to its own people. Clearly, Imran Khan needs a new set of advisers and better information," the MEA spokesperson said.