PAKISTAN-USAID or ‘Aid to USA’? http://rupeenews.com/?p=36990

We are all aware of Hillary Clinton’s recent boast in front of the Pakistan media. “We provide more support than Saudi Arabia, China, and everybody else combined, but I will stand here and admit that I’m not sure many Pakistanis know that,” US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said in Islamabad on May 27. Various media sources in Pakistan and the US have started to scrutinize this boast.

Under scrutiny, Ms. Clinton’s message does not hold water. “Aid” for Pakistan is exaggerated. A lot of it is in the form of loans.The US “Aid” is overblown and helps US interests. 50% of the so called US aid has to be spent on US contractors (US law–so this goes back to America), 25% is wasted on administrative expenses, and the rest is given to the US Ambassador’s favorite NGO to be duly deposited in US accounts. Almost none makes it to the Pakistanis.

China is spending $30 billion in colossal infrastructure projects like dams, Heavy Mechanical Complex, Electricity grids, power plants, and freeways.Much of the American military aid is not “aid” at all, it is reimbursement for monies spent by Pakistan. Most of it comes, in what are called “coalition support funds,” which are intended to reimburse allied militaries for operations beneficial to the United States.

[A.S. A Petition filed against suspected role of an American agency in Pakistan http://islamtimes.org/vdcenx8f.jh8pwik1bj.html