The US has promised Pakistan $7.5bn of aid over five years – if it agrees to oversight of its most sensitive security issues
Mustafa Qadri
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 21 October 2009 20:00 BST
You would think that the citizens of a developing country promised $7.5bn over five years would be dancing in the streets. Instead, last week’s approval of the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act, formerly the Kerry-Lugar bill, by Congress met with widespread howls of condemnation in Pakistan.