US halts aid to Pakistan unannounced: FO

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US suspended all sort of financial assistance to Pakistan unannounced, says FO officials.

31 December,2011 06:41 pm

Foreign Office sources said that last tranche of Coalition Support Fund was paid to Pakistan in 2010. Only 450 million dollars were released to Pakistan under Kerry Lugar Bill in 2011 and these were also not given to government of Pakistan.Foreign Office sources said US had not announced to suspend aid to Pakistan but the pledges of aid made with Pakistan were not being delivered.Under Kerry Lugar Bill assistance is not being disbursed to Pakistan directly and 450 million dollars were provided for education and energy projects under US aid. 1.5 million dollar out of this aid has not been disbursed to Pakistan so far. US has also stalled 700 million dollar military assistance to Pakistan.On the other hand, spokesman of US embassy in Pakistan Mark Straw said US aid to Pakistan was not discontinued. Over 5 billion dollars have been disbursed to Pakistan from 2001 till now under head of civilian aid.Contradicting this report on the other hand, US embassy spokesman said it could not remember when the last tranche of Coalition Support Fund was released to Pakistan. -- Online