Washington: In less than a decade since the 9/11 terror attacks, Pakistan has received more than USD 18 billion in assistance and reimbursements from the U.S., about two-thirds of which is security related, a governmental …

Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yusaf Raza Gilani while reaffirming Pakistan’s strong commitment to defeat the forces of terrorism has stressed that military gains in that war cannot be consolidated unless the people of the cleared …

ISLAMABAD: The United States will provide Rs 448 million ($5.2 million) in financial assistance to recover the flood-damaged tourism and fishing industries in Swat Valley. Both tourism and fisheries are mainstays of the Swat Valley’s …

ISLAMABAD: The House of Representatives passed the 2009 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Pandemic Flu, according to a message received here Friday. There is $1.9 billion for Pakistan, which is $591 million above …

WASHINGTON: The United States will soon provide $400 million in emergency economic assistance to Pakistan, President Barack Obama said as he vowed to support the democratic government as quickly as possible towards overcoming militant insurgency. …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is likely to get additional funding of $4.5 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the US Government is also mulling to release more funds to Islamabad. According to a private TV …

NEW YORK: Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan has said that concentration on improving the economic conditions of the Kashmiris would help create conducive environment in the State for intensifying …

KABUL: Deteriorating security in Afghanistan is making it more difficult for aid organizations to carry out their work, the director of a group that lost four workers in a Taliban attack said. Ciaran Donnelly, director …

ISLAMABAD: The United States Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), provided $50,000 in emergency relief to people in flood-affected areas of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The money will provide …

LONDON: Co-chairman of the ruling party Asif Ali Zardari accused President Pervez Musharraf that he misappropriated hundreds of millions of dollars of American aid given for supporting the war on terror.
Mr Zardari made the charge …