Unveiling its annual budget of $3.8 trillion that calls for more taxes on the rich, the Obama administration on Monday proposed $2.4 billion in financial aid to Pakistan for the fiscal year 2013, an IBNLive report said on Monday.
Of this aid, $2.2 billion is in assistance to strengthen democratic and civil institutions that provide a bulwark against extremism and support joint security and counter-terrorism efforts, including $800 million for the Pakistan Counter-insurgency Capability Fund, the US State Department said soon after the White House sent the budgetary proposals to Congress. In addition to this, the budget also proposes $197 million support to the US government’s civilian presence, as well as programmes for engagement with civil society, it said.
In all, the budgetary proposals of President Barack Obama provide $8.2 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations to support the extraordinary and temporary costs of civilian-led programmes and missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The budgetary proposals are for the fiscal year 2013, beginning October 1, 2012, and this needs to be approved by the House and the Senate before it is implemented.
omg…please…NO MORE AID
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