Showing posts with label USA Aid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USA Aid. Show all posts

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Pak Cauldron: Pak got USD 30 billion from US after 1948, two third post 9/11!

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As the US lawmakers are contemplating the feasibility of massive aid to Pakistan in the aftermath of Osama bin Laden killing, a Congressional report has informed them that since 1948 Islamabad has got over USD 30 billion aid from America, two third of which came after 9/11 attacks.
"Some question the gains from the aid, saying there is a lack of accountability and reform by the Pakistani government, and any goodwill generated by it is offset by widespread anti-American sentiment among the Pakistani people," Congressional Research Service (CRS) informed members of the Congress in a 47-page internal report this week.
The report, a copy of which was provided to Press Trust of India, says that Pakistan has been among the leading recipients of US foreign assistance both historically and in FY2010, and most experts list the country among the most strategically important for US policy makers.

Even if half of this amount was spent by successive Pakistani Administrations on Socio-Economic Development, by now it would be on the path of being one of the emerging economies!

But, would USA allow such spending?

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Sunday, May 29, 2011

WIKILEAKS, Pak-Cables, Dawn: Civil-military tensions over US funding for army!

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By Madiha Sattar | From the Newspaper.

shaukat tarin, shaukat tareen

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to the US about being unaware of American funding provided directly to the Pakistan military, reveal previously unpublished American diplomatic cables.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