Congressional resolution seeks to freeze US aid to Pakistan

[Awesome]

Congressional resolution seeks to freeze US aid to Pakistan

Washington: A resolution introduced in the US House of Representatives seeks to freeze American aid to Pakistan, until its diplomat Raymond Davis, facing murder charges in a Lahore court is released.

"The House of Representatives calls on the Government of Pakistan to release Raymond Davis in accordance with international standards of diplomatic protocol and, until such time, all US monetary assistance to Pakistan should be frozen," says the House Resolution (no 145) introduced in the House of Representatives last week.

The resolution moved by Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, has been referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs for consideration.

The resolution says that Pakistan is among the world's leading recipients of US aid having received more than USD 10.7 billion between 2001 and 2010, including USD 6 billion development and humanitarian aid.

On March 1, 2009, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told an Afghan interviewer that "the ISI's contacts with some of these extremist groups [such as those led by Hekmatyar, Haqqani, and others] are a real concern for the US", the resolution notes.

The resolution says that on January 27, Raymond Davis was attacked by two armed men in Lahore, and he shot and killed both men in self-defense.

The detained American diplomat Davis, the resolution argues, is a US veteran and former Special Forces soldier.

US President Barack Obama called Raymond Davis 'our diplomat' and said that 'we expect Pakistan [to recognize] Mr Davis as a diplomat', the resolution said.

Relations between Pakistan and the US were strained in January following the arrest of suspected CIA contractor Raymond Davis, who was charged with murder for shooting and killing two armed men in Lahore.

Veiled Pak warning to US House of Representatives

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday sent a veiled warning to the US House of Representatives, saying, nothing should be said or done that “creates dents or misconception” in their relationship, and efforts should be made that decade old relationship does not hit ground zero.

The News had approached the Foreign Office for its comments on the recent resolution introduced in the US House of Representatives, seeking freezing of American aid to Pakistan until its ‘diplomat’ (CIA contractor) Raymond Davis, facing murder charges in a Lahore court was released.

“The House of Representatives calls on the Government of Pakistan to release Raymond Davis in accordance with international standards of diplomatic protocol, and until such time, all US monetary assistance to Pakistan should be frozen,” says the House Resolution (No 145), introduced in the House of Representatives last week.

The resolution has been referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs for consideration. The resolution says that Pakistan is among the world leading recipients of US aid, having received more than 10.7 billion dollars between 2001 and 2010, including $06 billion development and humanitarian aid.

“We had a good visit by US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Marc Grossman. As far as Pak-US relations are concerned, nothing should be said or done that creates dents or misconceptions about our relations. Both Pakistan and the US have stated this,” said the spokesperson at the Foreign Office in response.

Even on Thursday, the spokesman tried to dispel the impressions that all was not well between the FO and State Department. This impression was reinforced during Grossman’s visit, in which he clearly stated that it would not be a business as usual unless the irritant of Raymond Davis was removed.

She said that as far as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is concerned, “it is our responsibility to ensure that no relationship goes down to the level of ground zero. Our efforts and, that we understand, those of the State Department are similar in this regard.”

 

[Paan Singh]

good chance for pakistan to confront them,let the yanks to stop their aid

 

[Tin Man]

My opinion? Blessing in disguise.

 

[Zeeshan360]

All coz of one CIA agent a.k.a Immune diplomat

This guy has some immense secrets abt region

 

[Awesome]

Ideal response would be: I see your aid freeze and I raise you closure of transit routes

 

[Tin Man]

Ideal response would be: I see your aid freeze and I raise you closure of transit routes

They dont seem to care anymore. Now that they started coming out with ultimatums.

 

[KS]

Ideal response would be: I see your aid freeze and I raise you closure of transit routes

What if the US says "Fine very well then" and starts packing its bags into the C-5s ?? What will happen in North Waziristan and what will happen to the economy which is barely surviving ??

 

[CaptainJackSparrow]

What if the US says "Fine very well then" and starts packing its bags into the C-5s ?? What will happen in North Waziristan and what will happen to the economy which is barely surviving ??

Or rather,

"Fine enough. We put economic sanctions on you. We can take it further too. The choice is yours..."

 

[Awesome]

What if the US says "Fine very well then" and starts packing its bags into the C-5s ?? What will happen in North Waziristan and what will happen to the economy which is barely surviving ??

What happens if the organizations move back to Afghanistan and leave us alone? With stability Pakistan has enough mechanisms to revive its economy.

 

[Awesome]

Or rather,

"Fine enough. We put economic sanctions on you. We can take it further too. The choice is yours..."

Yeah but we'd survive sanctions as we previously did too... Their people will be stranded in Afghanistan with the Taliban threat still looming upon their heads with no Pakistan to resupply them.

 

[T-Faz]

What happens if the organizations move back to Afghanistan and leave us alone? With stability Pakistan has enough mechanisms to revive its economy.

Their perception is that Pakistan will collapse as soon as US pulls out, they fail to realize that the kind of US Aid we receive does not help our vital economic indicators as the money is skimmed at the top cadres.

We also have a policy in this scenario and we know what to do?

We learned from our mistake in the late 80's.

 

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Yeah but we'd survive sanctions as we previously did too... Their people will be stranded in Afghanistan with the Taliban threat still looming upon their heads with no Pakistan to resupply them.

So what? How long will it tale for them to airlift a few thousands of their troops leaving behind only as many as can be supported by air support operations thereby supporting a fully functional base in A'stan?

You so overestimate your worth to the US.

And the sanctions you will have to face this time might be far far tougher than anything you've seen so far.

 

[nomi007]

we must to hang Raymond Davis & cut of NATO supply line
than i see who American dogs be survive but who will do this all of our leader ship is puppy of USA

 

[majesticpankaj]

pakistanis are overestimating themselves... economic sanctions will results in making of another iraq.. they won't even allow u to import basic medicines..pakistan is no iran which having oil resources and billions dollars of reserves. pakistan is already in a debt trap cannot survive without US aids

 

[r3alist]

Ideal response would be: I see your aid freeze and I raise you closure of transit routes

no, no.

think about that.


why do we need to escalate things to give them the pretext to make us enemies outright, forgive me if i sound rude but thats a bone headed scheme.


right now we have the moral high ground, we are in the right with RD and if they try and harm us for this we still have the moral high ground.

we dont need to make enemies, we need to slowly wean ourselves away from us interference, not give them a pretext to reverse the situation on us.............


because if the headlines change from "CIA AGENT CAPTURED BY PAKISTAN" to "PAKISTAN BLOCKING FOOD TO BRAVE US SOLDIERS" then that will be bad.