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| US Cong panel triples aid to Pak, |
| US Cong panel triples aid to Pak, deletes India reference
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 21-May-2009
6:42:10 AM |
| A powerful Congressional panel on Thursday gave approval to a controversial act tripling US non-military aid to Pakistan, but imposed tough conditions that include prevention of "cross border attacks into neighbouring countries" by Islamabad.
Approving for passage, the Pakistan Enduring Assistance and Cooperation Enhancement (PEACE) Act 2009, the House Foreign Affairs Committee also sought to bar Pakistan military or its intelligence agency from supporting any extremists and terrorist group.
It also wants Islamabad to provide "direct access to Pakistani nationals" connected with proliferation networks. The bill will now go to the floor of the House of Representatives for passage.
The Act, introduced by Howard L Berman, Chairman of the House Foreign Affair Committee on April 2, has deleted the word "India" from the original bill apparently at the suggestion of the Obama Administration because Pakistan, in particular the army and the ISI had raised strong objections to it.
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