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| US lawmakers threaten to cut |
| US lawmakers threaten to cut off aid to Pakistan
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 10-February-2011
4:0:45 AM |
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Stepping up pressure on Pakistan, US lawmakers have threatened to cut massive aid to the country unless it frees an American diplomat detained over shadowy killing of two Pakistanis.
The tough message that the US aid may be in jeopardy was delivered to Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani by three top Congressmen during their just concluded trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The warning by lawmakers came amid media reports that US Administration has warned Islamabad that high level dialogue would be at risk unless the US embassy staffer Raymond Davis was released.
The Congressmen Howard "Buck" McKeon who heads the House Armed Services Committee, John Kline, Chairman Education and Labour Committee and Silvestre Reyes, the senior Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence told Gilani that Islamabad should release the diplomat as certainly there was a possibility that "there would be repercussions if they don't".
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