Pakistan
President Asif Zardari has asked the
United States Government to repay
the $1.6 billion spent on fighting
extremism in his country's tribal
areas.
The United States normally use to
pay Pakistan for the anti-militant
operations from a special account
called the Coalition Support Fund.
This amount will go to the relief
funds in the areas which is been damaged
by the US military during its war
against terror.
However US have suddenly stopped this
fund and sources say that Pakistan
hasn’t received any amount for
more than a year.
Dawn News has reported that the Pakistan
president had two separate meeting
with the US officials at New York.
They also said that Af-Pak envoy Richard
Holbrooke has made his presence during
the meeting.
Zardari also sought early adoption
of the Kerry-Lugar Bill that by which
Pakistan will get an amount of $1.5
billion annually for five years.
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