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by Jehan Mir on Dec 25, 2007 02:57 AM


Pakistan and India have been diverting their scant resources in fighting each other for the past 60 years, instead of developing their countries and improving the lot of their people.That is no news.

To say that Pakistan is spending money intended for fighting terrorosm for confronting India is a total rubbish.This is just to keep Pakistan on the defensive. If that is so,then how is Pakistan paying for maintaining 90,000 of its troops on the Pakistan -Afghan border; for the acts of terror committed against Pakistan Government,its officials,police,army and civilians ;for the support and maintenance of millions of refugees displaced from Afghanistan,all due to US war in Afghanistan ?

What US is paying for the expense involved for Pakistan keeping its troops on the border is just a fraction of what is costing US to maintain the same number of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

US is spending $ 14 billion a week in Iraq and Afghanistan. What US has paid Pakistan in 7 years is 5 billion.

Pakistan should ask for more money for refugee problem and compensation for losses due to acts of terrorism.




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What Pakistan is doing with the US aid