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In a November 2009 meeting with former US Ambassador Anne Patterson, then Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin “appealed to the ambassador to keep him informed of funds the US directs to the Pakistani military.
“Promising that he would not reduce the military’s budget based on US assistance flows, Tarin said that the finance ministry needs to be kept aware for overall budgeting purposes. Army Chief of Staff General Kayani does not pass on this information.”
Full story at,
http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/26/civil-military-tensions-over-us-funding-for-army.html
By Madiha Sattar | From the Newspaper.
KARACHI: The Pakistani government had complained to the US about being unaware of American funding provided directly to the Pakistan military, reveal previously unpublished American diplomatic cables. The reports also disclose tensions between the civilian government and the army over the use funds provided for counterinsurgency operations.
In a November 2009 meeting with former US Ambassador Anne Patterson, then Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin “appealed to the ambassador to keep him informed of funds the US directs to the Pakistani military.
“Promising that he would not reduce the military’s budget based on US assistance flows, Tarin said that the finance ministry needs to be kept aware for overall budgeting purposes. Army Chief of Staff General Kayani does not pass on this information.”
Full story at,
http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/26/civil-military-tensions-over-us-funding-for-army.html
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