Source: DW

The EU will increase its aid to Pakistan to 50 million euros ($63 million) over the next three years, the bloc’s external affairs commissioner said Monday, Dec. 8 as Pakistan kept up its renewed crackdown on terrorists.
The money is to be directed at boosting EU programs in the field of education, trade and farming […]

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Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is preparing to present President-elect Barack Obama with a lengthy, classified strategy review aimed at reversing the gains that militants have made in destabilizing Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The review contains an array of options, including telling Pakistan’s military that billions of dollars in American aid will depend on […]

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Source: Market Watch
WASHINGTON, Nov 03, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — – U.S. Government Assistance Now $2.5 Million –
The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional $1.5 million in emergency assistance in the aftermath of last week’s earthquake in Balochistan province in Pakistan. This brings the total USAID emergency […]

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Source: Daily Times
* Negotiations a contingency plan if Pakistan fails to get lending from other financial institutions
* Pakistan seeking $6 billion
By Sajid Chaudhry
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will conclude negotiations on the Economic Stabilisation Programme this week in Abu Dhabi, a senior official in the Finance Ministry told Daily Times on Sunday.
The […]

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Source: New York Times
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Asif Ali Zardari returned from China late Friday without a commitment for cash needed to shore up Pakistan’s crumbling economy, leaving him with the politically unpopular prospect of having to ask the International Monetary Fund for help.
Pakistan was seeking the aid from China, an important ally, as it […]

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Source: Daily Times
* Obama vows to attack Taliban and Al Qaeda if Pakistan is unwilling to do so
* McCain stresses working with Islamabad, says support from Pakistani people necessary, not prepared to cut off aid
By Khalid Hasan
NEW YORK: Barack Obama may have lost not only his first debate with Sen John McCain but also the […]

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Source: AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan decided to send two plane loads of emergency aid to Myanmar for survivors of last week’s cyclone, the foreign office said.
The relief includes tents, mosquito nets and medicines, it said in a statement.
“The aircraft are expected to leave on Sunday,” the statement said, without giving further details.
Myanmar was hit by […]

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Source: The Guardian
America’s massive military aid package to Pakistan has come under scrutiny after allegations that as much as 70% of $5.4bn in assistance has been misspent.
Since 2002, the US has paid the operating costs of Pakistan’s military operations in the tribal belt along the Afghan border, where Taliban and al-Qaida fighters are sheltering.
Pakistan provides […]

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Source: The New York Times
After years of American enabling and billions in American aid, Pakistan’s Pervez Musharraf, was — to put it delicately — trounced in Monday’s parliamentary elections. The results are much better than the United States could hope for, and more than President Bush deserved after overinvesting in the former general and his […]

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Source: Pakistan Think Tank
By Ishrat Husain             
A spate of editorials, articles, columns and reports emanating from the United States in the last few months have vehemently argued that continuation of  U.S. assistance to Pakistan should be made conditional upon the progress in the achievement of U.S.’s strategic goals in the region.  The resonance of these assertions […]

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Source: Washington Post
By Malou Innocent
America’s most vulnerable ally in the war on terror is Pakistan. But our alliance with the nuclear-armed Islamic state may be exacerbating that country’s instability.
For eight years, Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has delayed, deferred and ultimately denied his citizens the right to freely choose their next leader. U.S. policymakers and analysts […]

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Source: China View
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) — More than 5 billion U.S. dollars in the U.S. anti-terrorism aid to Pakistan has not been well controlled and was diverted to some other programs, said a newspaper report published on Monday.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kV-2Xqrafg

The complete clip is worth watching — Clears the US position on the state of affairs in Pakistan!

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WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (AFP) The White House on Wednesday warned President General Pervez Musharraf that US patience is not “never-ending,” and that it… More

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