Pakistan Weighing Us Aid Cut Offshoot

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Published: November 30, 2011

LAHORE - Pakistan is evaluating the impact of anticipated cutoff of American aid on country’s economy in the eventuality of its likely disengagement from the war on terror.

In the cabinet meeting held in Lahore on Tuesday, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani asked secretary finance to weigh the impact of US aid suspension on different sectors of country and give a detailed briefing to the cabinet in its next meeting.

This was told by Federal Minister for Information, Dr Firdous Aashiq Awan while talking to reporters at a local hotel on Tuesday evening.

She further said that though the finance secretary gave a broad outline of the likely impact of US aid cutoff on country’s economy, he was asked to come up with a comprehensive plan on the issue in the next cabinet meeting so that some decision could be taken accordingly.

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2. good riddance

they were already working against us. They specialize in harboring terrorists.

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3. US may abandon Pakistan supply routes

ISLAMABAD - The United States may abandon Pakistan as a major supply route to Afghanistan unless the blockade on provisions to coalition forces is ended, after Islamabad turned down a request to allow crucial food and military hardware to transit to neighboring Afghanistan unless it receives a formal apology and sees stern action taken against those responsible for the November 26 cross-border air strike that killed at least two dozen Pakistani soldiers.

Shortly after midnight on November 26, American military helicopters rocketed and strafed two lightly manned observation points, known as the Salala security posts, on the Anargai Ghakhi mountain peak in Mohmand tribal agency, about 2.5 kilometers inside Pakistani territory on the Afghan border. The check posts had been recently set up to stop Taliban militants


holed up in Afghanistan from crossing the border and staging attacks in Pakistan. The Salala security posts are located in the Taliban-controlled Baizai area of Mohmand tribal agency, a well-known hotbed of militant activity that has significantly impacted security on both sides of the border. Baizai is a known transit point and safe haven for two key commanders of the Tehrik-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan (TTP) - Faqir Mohammad and Mullah Fazlullah.

The air strike, in which at least 24 soldiers were killed has plunged the frosty Pakistan-US ties into deeper crisis because it took place a day after US General John Allen met the Pakistani Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kiani to discuss border control and enhanced cooperation. The Pakistan-Afghanistan border is often poorly marked and differs on various maps by up to five miles in some places. A similar incident on September 30, 2009, which killed two Pakistani troops, led to the closure of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) supply routes through Pakistan for 10 days. NATO apologized for that incident, which it said happened when gunships mistook warning shots by the Pakistani forces for a militant attack. But retaliating angrily, Pakistan immediately suspended supply routes.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/MK30Df01.html