foreign aid to pakistan

• Parting with Pakistan: our 'valuable ally' Pakistan is perhaps the greatest proliferator of nuclear technology. By continuing to give Pakistan foreign aid, we boost its nuclear capability.

Whatever Pakistan's founder Muhammed Ali-Jinnah may have envisioned for the future of his country, it certainly was not this. A proverbial land of con...

• The New American
• February 04, 2008

• The Political Economy of Foreign Aid to Pakistan.

ISBN: 9783832924492 TITLE: The political economy of foreign aid to Pakistan. AUTHOR: Anwar, Mumtaz. PUBLISHER: Nomos PUBLISH DATE: 2007 PAGES: 141 PRI...

• Reference and Research Book News
• Vol. 22 Nbr. 3, August 2007

• Accountability Lacking in U.S. Or Quality

During a February 2011 visit to Pakistan, where U.S. foreign aid totaled $1.8 billion last year, I asked to tour the completed projects funded by U.S. taxpayers. When the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) could not point me to a single completed project, I asked for an accounting of where that foreign- aid money went. No one could tell me. As debt rises, incomes fall and lawmakers dial back the spigot of domestic spending, U.S. foreign aid money continues to flow freely, to the tune of nearly $40 billion a year in 149 countries. With very little oversight, billions of dollars are turned over each year with no central repository or easy mechanism for tracking progress, completion or even location of projects. Try asking for a spreadsheet of projects in a single country. I...

• The Washington Times
• July 01, 2011

• Further U.S. Aid Could Hinge On What the Pakistanis Knew

Several lawmakers said Tuesday that it is time to rethink U.S. aid to Pakistan in light of revelations that Osama bin Laden spent the past six years squirreled away in a safe house a mere football field away from one of country's top military academies and miles from the capital of Islamabad. In a letter to Rep. Kay Granger, chairwoman of the Appropriations subcommittee on state, foreign operations, Rep. Allen B. West said lawmakers should freeze aid to Pakistan until the country answers questions about whether they aided and abetted the United States' most-wanted terrorist.

• The Washington Times
• May 04, 2011

• Senator Warns of 'Critical Moment' with Pakistan

KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. Sen. John Kerry said on Sunday that the U.S. relationship with Pakistan was at a "critical moment" because of the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and that there were growing calls to cut aid to the country. Kerry, chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that although Pakistan had in the past sacrificed much in the battle against al-Qaida and its own domestic Islamic insurgency, the killing of bin Laden by U.S. Navy SEALs near the capital had raised questions.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• May 18, 2011

• On the Front

Senate backs Pakistan NEW YORK - Alarmed by persistent anti-American sentiment and rising Taliban influence in Pakistan, the Obama administration hailed Thursday's Senate vote to triple foreign aid to the country.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• September 25, 2009

• Saudi Arabia Emphasizes Limited Time Left for Peaceful Two-State Solution

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The official statement of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the General Debate of the Sixty-Fifth Session of the United Nations was distributed on September 25. The statement, issued by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal called for continued humanitarian aid to Pakistan following the devastating floods. In addition, it spoke to a number of security issues, including Saudi Arabia's aggressive counterterrorism program and the need for a nuclear-free Middle East. However, the statement focused on the Kingdom's hopes for a peaceful end to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, based on the measures laid out in the Arab Peace Initiative. In the statement Prince Saud stressed the urgency of ending the Palestinian-Israel conflict, "The moment o...

• U.S. Newswire
• September 29, 2010

• Pakistan: militancy, the transition to democracy and future relations with the United States.

...Geography not only shapes Pakistan's foreign policy, but also its defense considerations and st...

• Journal of International Affairs
• Vol. 63 Nbr. 1, September 2009

• World Datelines

Afghanistan: Aid, not troops KABUL -- Pakistan's president called Tuesday for foreign allies to provide more support -- not more troops -- to help win the battle against extremist militias along its volatile border with Afghanistan. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said his country's forces, together with the Afghan military, could do the fighting themselves if given the right international support. The comments come ahead of an expected influx of 20,000 American troops into Afghanistan to combat a Taliban insurgency that has sent violence skyrocketing in the last two years. On his first official visit to Afghanistan since taking office in September, Zardari also discussed trade partnerships with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• January 07, 2009

• Pakistan: with friends like these ...

... and Masood's views that Afghan, and not foreign soldiers, should do the fighting and dying to defe...

• World Policy Journal
• Vol. 28 Nbr. 3, September 2011