Tag: US aid
US cuts $100m in aid to Afghanistan, citing corruption
NEW YORK: The United States has said it is cutting back $160 million worth of aid to Afghanistan, accusing the Kabul government of rampant...
Not worried if US cancels aid: Miftah Ismail
Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Miftah Ismail reacted angrily to United States’ (US) pressure over Islamist extremism and the financing of terror but...
US considering permanently cutting off Pakistan’s military aid: report
--Foreign Policy report says other measures include revoking Pakistan's status as major non-NATO ally, bar on visas for Pakistani officials
The Trump administration has been...
Jordan to ensure five-year US aid pledge: official
AMMAN: Jordan will secure a promise of five more years of US financial aid on Wednesday, a Jordanian official said, despite US President Donald...
Abbasi says US financial aid ‘very, very insignificant’
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has declared himself mystified by US threats to cut off funding, saying that US financial assistance was “very,...
Sindh’s school dept approves ‘Reading Performance Standards’
KARACHI: The Sindh School Education and Literacy Department (SELD) has approved Sindh's first-ever 'Reading Performance Standards' for the students of early grade across the...
US aid to Palestine hits 10-year low under Trump
WASHINGTON: The US support for the Palestinian Authority during the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency has decreased to its lowest level in the last...
‘Ignorant’, ‘ungrateful’ Trump blaming Pakistan for US failures in Afghanistan: Imran...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has called US President Donald Trump “ignorant” and “ungrateful”, while reacting to the US president’s anti-Pakistan remarks.
Trump,...
‘No more’! Trump pulls the plug on Pakistan aid
US president says Pakistan has given nothing in return to US except 'lies and deceit', thinks of US leadership 'as fools'
Pakistan FM...
US aid to Pakistan plummets to $526m, may fall further: report
US aid and military assistance for Pakistan has plummeted from more than $2.2 billion a year during the period immediately after the 9/11 terror...
US donates protective equipment to prison department
KARACHI: The United States (US) government donated protective equipment worth $200,000 to the Sindh Prisons Department (SPD) on Wednesday. The state-of-the-art, light-weight helmets and...