Pakistan 3rd biggest recipients of US aid

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Pakistan 3rd biggest recipients of US aid​

WASHINGTON, Dec 12: Despite serious differences over the Afghan conflict, Pakistan will continue to be among the top three recipients of American aid in the US fiscal year 2012 as well, which starts from Oct 1 of a calendar year.

A document released by the US State Department shows that in the budget requests for 2012, Afghanistan tops the list at $3,213.4 million. Israel ranks second, with all of the $3,075 million requested for foreign military financing (FMF).

Pakistan ranks third at $2,965 million, 80 per cent of which is for activities supported by the Economic Support Fund (ESF) and the Pakistan Counter-insurgency Capability Fund-OCO (PCCF).

If funding from the US defence budget was included, Pakistan would rank second for both FY2010 and 2012.

Pakistan received $4,462 million from the defence budget in FY2010, which came down to $2,444 million in FY2011, but increases slightly to $2,965 million in FY2012. Pakistan received a total of $22,087 million from the defence budget between FY2002 and 2010.

Almost 88 per cent of the US aid to South Central Asia in FY2012 is requested for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The State Department documents note that a combination of security assistance and economic aid designed to limit the appeal of extremist organisations has moved Pakistan up the list in recent years.


Pakistan 3rd biggest recipients of US aid | Pakistan | DAWN.COM

 

[Don Jaguar]

Han han pata hai.

 

[ramu]

Han han pata hai.

Dawn should stop publishing news that is not liked by Pakistan. You should write to the editor.

 

[salmakh84]

And then we say WOT is our war... lols 2.95 billion $$ in one year.. No wonder our army was (and maybe still is) sleeping in the check posts and zardari resting while they slammed us for hours and hours..

Geo Amreeka! Geo Us Ka Ghulaam

 

[GHOST RIDER]

@ramu They are just writing the truth

 

[Nitin Goyal]

Shame on America for giving so much aids when her own people are in dire conditions.

 

[lem34]

Where does this money go to?? lol I cant see much in afghan or pak where has the money gone lol

 

[SQ8]

Where does this money go to?? lol I cant see much in afghan or pak where has the money gone lol

Which is why one wonders if the Americans were wrong in asking for accountability.
Although they should be held accountable as well for not paying us an equal multi-million dollar usage fees.
although Musharraf pretty much sold us out cheap.. there are places where we are due our just earning and the Americans are disguising it as Aid.

 

[VCheng]

Which is why one wonders if the Americans were wrong in asking for accountability.
......................

That is exactly what the K-L bill was designed to do, and exactly also why the Pakistani elite were united against it.

 

[SQ8]

That is exactly what the K-L bill was designed to do, and exactly also why the Pakistani elite were united against it.

Well.. K-L bill also asked for a lot more control over the military..
Perhaps a bit more than the GHQ or even the pakistani public were willing to swallow.
We dont trust democracy to that extent yet.

 

[hunter_hunted]

Whats the use of such aid if its not spent on welfare of the nation. In hindi and urdu v call such aid 'mathai' or simply rishwat paid to higher auth. to do some illegal job.

Mushy and Gadari thanks for such honor. (may u two burn in hell)

 

[VCheng]

Well.. K-L bill also asked for a lot more control over the military..
Perhaps a bit more than the GHQ or even the pakistani public were willing to swallow.
We dont trust democracy to that extent yet.

K-L bill also asked for a lot more control over the military by the civil authorities, which is actually the correct thing for Pakistan. The Pakistani public would have been fine with it, since they would have reaped the economic dividends. It is the GHQ mindset that scuttled it, and with it greatly hampered the future of the Pakistani people. Great pity.

 

[SQ8]

K-L bill also asked for a lot more control over the military by the civil authorities, which is actually the correct thing for Pakistan. The Pakistani public would have been fine with it, since they would have reaped the economic dividends. It is the GHQ mindset that scuttled it, and with it greatly hampered the future of the Pakistani people. Great pity.

Question is.. who controls the civil authorities..
the people of Pakistan or someone else?

 

[VCheng]

Question is.. who controls the civil authorities..
the people of Pakistan or someone else?

That is for Pakistan to decide surely.

 

[Gautam]

that is a lot of money. if someone pays that much money to me - i will never hate or betray them.