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.
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The human cost of war on the Taliban
Pakistan’s operations against militants have won praise from Washington but displaced thousands of innocent people
o Mustafa Qadri
o guardian.co.uk, Thursday 21 May 2009 14.03 BST
The latest chapter in Pakistan’s war with the Taliban has been a humanitarian disaster for ordinary villagers from Malakand Agency, the region in Pakistan’s lower Himalayas where the battle is now being fought.
Tags: colonialism · Dir · double standards · Hillary Clinton · Kerry-Lugar Bill · Malakand agency · Pakistan · Swat valley · Taliban · United States