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It is very obvious that RS & Pakistan have decide to side with the Saudis after Saudis confronted you with the below.


THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE > PAKISTAN
Are you with us or with Qatar, Saudis ask Pakistan
By Kamran Yousaf
Published: June 14, 2017
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Nawaz says Islamabad will not take sides in brewing Middle East crisis. PHOTO: REUTERS

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has told Saudi Arabia it will not take sides in the brewing diplomatic crisis in the Middle East after Riyadh asked Islamabad “are you with us or with Qatar”.

The Saudi demand for Pakistan to take a clear position on Qatar came during a meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, diplomatic sources told The Express Tribune.

Premier Sharif, who was also accompanied by army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and other senior officials, dashed to Jeddah on Monday to discuss the emerging situation in the Arab world.




PM, army chief meet Saudi King

Pakistan has been treading a careful path since Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries snapped diplomatic ties with Qatar after accusing the oil-rich country of supporting terrorist groups.

But now Riyadh wants Islamabad to side with the kingdom as it ramped up efforts to isolate Qatar.

A senior government official, who was briefed on the talks at the monarch’s palace in Jeddah, told The Express Tribune that the Pakistani side told the Saudi leadership that Islamabad would support any efforts to foster unity among the Muslim Ummah. However, Pakistan would not take sides in any event that would create divisions within the Muslim world.

Nevertheless, in order to placate Saudi Arabia, Pakistan offered to use its influence over Qatar to defuse the situation. For this purpose, the prime minister will undertake visits to Kuwait, Qatar and Turkey.

Another official familiar with the development explained that Pakistan would only complement efforts of Kuwait to defuse the crisis in the Arab world instead of playing the role of a direct mediator between Qatar and other Gulf countries. The official said Pakistan was not directly mediating between Qatar and Saudi Arabia at this stage.

Qatar says Gulf citizens can stay despite crisis

“This is primarily an issue among the Gulf countries and we hope they resolve the issue by themselves,” the official said while requesting not to be quoted on record because of the sensitivity of the issue. The official added if efforts of Kuwait and other regional countries could not succeed, then other Muslim countries, including Pakistan and Turkey, were always there to facilitate.

At this stage, Pakistan is only complementing efforts of Kuwait. For this purpose, the prime minister is likely to travel to Kuwait, which is currently spearheading efforts seeking de-escalation of tensions between Qatar and other Gulf countries.

The official also explained that the prime minister’s visit to Saudi Arabia was also part of a ‘goodwill gesture’ in the wake of speculations that Pakistan was sending troops to Qatar.

“The false media reports gave the impression as if we are taking sides in the ongoing crisis in the Gulf,” the official said.

Meanwhile, a statement issued by the Foreign Office on Tuesday said that during meeting with King Salman, Premier Sharif expressed the hope that the current impasse in the Gulf would be resolved soon in the best interest of the Muslim Ummah.

While expressing solidarity with the kingdom and the people of Saudi Arabia, the prime minister said the kingdom had a very special place in the hearts of Pakistanis and that the Muslim world looked up to the monarch as the custodian of the two Holy Mosques.

“The prime minister reaffirmed the strong commitment of the people and the government of Pakistan for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the kingdom, and the safety of Harmain al Shareifain,” the statement said.

King Salman, according to the statement, thanked the prime minister for his visit and recalled the special nature of relationship between the kingdom and Pakistan ever since its independence. King Salman also said that the fight against extremism and terrorism was in the interest of all Muslims and the Ummah.

He also appreciated the exceptional successes of Pakistan against extremism and terrorism, despite the challenging situation and environment, and reiterated the kingdom’s strong commitment and support for all issues of interest for Pakistan, including matters of its national security.

Meanwhile, leader of the opposition in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah claimed that the prime minister’s visit to Saudi Arabia could not achieve the desired results and hence no joint statement was issued.

Speaking to reporters, he demanded that the government clarify the role of former army chief General (retd) Raheel Sharif in the Saudi-led counter terrorism alliance in the wake of ongoing developments.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1434933/gulf-diplomatic-crisis-us-qatar-saudis-ask-pakistan/
Please don't follow foreign funded media of Pakistan specially Dawn and tribune both have enemity toward Pakistan role in Middle East.if you don't believe me please check the names of author of stories check their tweets and check facebook post to understand their mission in Pakistan.there sole aim is bring confusion and misunderstanding between Pakistan and gcc.

Is pakistan part of this alliance ?
Is this a defense pact in which if one country is in conflict , the others have to help it , like NATO ?
Are the armies of the various countries reporting to gen shareef ? What are his actual powers or is he like a consultant ?
Pakistan has only one role that is keep do not allow Saudi Arabia to distablize and defend Saudi Arabia in case of attack.in other words Noor uddin zangi role for madinah and Ababeel role against Abrahas of this time for Makkah only.
 
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If so Why did Saudis ask Pakistan & RS to clarify if you are with us or against us?

This decision to side with Saudis has come as a response to that question.

its from unknown sources, you should not take them serious, both Saudis and Iranian invest in our media, single largest effort of image building/ propaganda of both countries is in Pakistan.
 
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Pakistan stabbed US by publically siding with US in Afghanistan but privately supporting the Haqqani network.

SA should be careful with this Pakistani general. He should be kept away from all important decisions and meetings. Pakistan seems to have put this guy in this position to spy and pass on the information to Iran.
 
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It is very obvious that RS & Pakistan have decide to side with the Saudis after Saudis confronted you with the below.


THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE > PAKISTAN
Are you with us or with Qatar, Saudis ask Pakistan
By Kamran Yousaf
Published: June 14, 2017
6888SHARES
SHARE TWEET EMAIL
1434933-snawaz-1497417628-767-640x480.jpg

Nawaz says Islamabad will not take sides in brewing Middle East crisis. PHOTO: REUTERS

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has told Saudi Arabia it will not take sides in the brewing diplomatic crisis in the Middle East after Riyadh asked Islamabad “are you with us or with Qatar”.

The Saudi demand for Pakistan to take a clear position on Qatar came during a meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, diplomatic sources told The Express Tribune.

Premier Sharif, who was also accompanied by army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and other senior officials, dashed to Jeddah on Monday to discuss the emerging situation in the Arab world.




PM, army chief meet Saudi King

Pakistan has been treading a careful path since Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries snapped diplomatic ties with Qatar after accusing the oil-rich country of supporting terrorist groups.

But now Riyadh wants Islamabad to side with the kingdom as it ramped up efforts to isolate Qatar.

A senior government official, who was briefed on the talks at the monarch’s palace in Jeddah, told The Express Tribune that the Pakistani side told the Saudi leadership that Islamabad would support any efforts to foster unity among the Muslim Ummah. However, Pakistan would not take sides in any event that would create divisions within the Muslim world.

Nevertheless, in order to placate Saudi Arabia, Pakistan offered to use its influence over Qatar to defuse the situation. For this purpose, the prime minister will undertake visits to Kuwait, Qatar and Turkey.

Another official familiar with the development explained that Pakistan would only complement efforts of Kuwait to defuse the crisis in the Arab world instead of playing the role of a direct mediator between Qatar and other Gulf countries. The official said Pakistan was not directly mediating between Qatar and Saudi Arabia at this stage.

Qatar says Gulf citizens can stay despite crisis

“This is primarily an issue among the Gulf countries and we hope they resolve the issue by themselves,” the official said while requesting not to be quoted on record because of the sensitivity of the issue. The official added if efforts of Kuwait and other regional countries could not succeed, then other Muslim countries, including Pakistan and Turkey, were always there to facilitate.

At this stage, Pakistan is only complementing efforts of Kuwait. For this purpose, the prime minister is likely to travel to Kuwait, which is currently spearheading efforts seeking de-escalation of tensions between Qatar and other Gulf countries.

The official also explained that the prime minister’s visit to Saudi Arabia was also part of a ‘goodwill gesture’ in the wake of speculations that Pakistan was sending troops to Qatar.

“The false media reports gave the impression as if we are taking sides in the ongoing crisis in the Gulf,” the official said.

Meanwhile, a statement issued by the Foreign Office on Tuesday said that during meeting with King Salman, Premier Sharif expressed the hope that the current impasse in the Gulf would be resolved soon in the best interest of the Muslim Ummah.

While expressing solidarity with the kingdom and the people of Saudi Arabia, the prime minister said the kingdom had a very special place in the hearts of Pakistanis and that the Muslim world looked up to the monarch as the custodian of the two Holy Mosques.

“The prime minister reaffirmed the strong commitment of the people and the government of Pakistan for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the kingdom, and the safety of Harmain al Shareifain,” the statement said.

King Salman, according to the statement, thanked the prime minister for his visit and recalled the special nature of relationship between the kingdom and Pakistan ever since its independence. King Salman also said that the fight against extremism and terrorism was in the interest of all Muslims and the Ummah.

He also appreciated the exceptional successes of Pakistan against extremism and terrorism, despite the challenging situation and environment, and reiterated the kingdom’s strong commitment and support for all issues of interest for Pakistan, including matters of its national security.

Meanwhile, leader of the opposition in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah claimed that the prime minister’s visit to Saudi Arabia could not achieve the desired results and hence no joint statement was issued.

Speaking to reporters, he demanded that the government clarify the role of former army chief General (retd) Raheel Sharif in the Saudi-led counter terrorism alliance in the wake of ongoing developments.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1434933/gulf-diplomatic-crisis-us-qatar-saudis-ask-pakistan/
Only one mews paper link, which too is supported by vested interests ?
No official word from either Pakistan or Saudi a?

Pakistan stabbed US by publically siding with US in Afghanistan but privately supporting the Haqqani network.

SA should be careful with this Pakistani general. He should be kept away from all important decisions and meetings. Pakistan seems to have put this guy in this position to spy and pass on the information to Iran.
us backstabbed Pakistan by downplaying Pakistan roles on WOT and openly supporting India and denying Pakistan much needed military hardware

s very obvious that RS & Pakistan have decide to side with the Saudis after Saudis confronted you with the below
So Pakistan has decided to be part of arabia by sending a retired man ?
What a looser!
We have always stood by Sandia Arabia and we will protect it whenever it s sovereignty is threatened. Make that very crystal clear to yourself.
 
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Pakistan stabbed US by publically siding with US in Afghanistan but privately supporting the Haqqani network.

SA should be careful with this Pakistani general. He should be kept away from all important decisions and meetings. Pakistan seems to have put this guy in this position to spy and pass on the information to Iran.
And the US is back stabbing us since our inception, be it 1965 war or 1971 war, every time whenever we needed a friend you slapped us an embargo, what an imbecile country USA is.
 
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Please don't follow foreign funded media of Pakistan specially Dawn and tribune both have enemity toward Pakistan role in Middle East.if you don't believe me please check the names of author of stories...

That was a dead giveaway ... So you have created a new id just to spread lies and spew sectarian propaganda on PDF mr "Research & Dev" guy ?

@Slav Defence look into the matter please
 
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So far the balancing act with assurance to all sides is working- barely.
Its a fragile approach and needs a very sly and informed diplomatic corps to be able to manipulate and avoid conflict

1- Rahil Sharif has been given NOC according to rules. In case of objection, doors of azad adlia are open.
2- Why the hell should we care at all for the other side? which is any way an enemy state, much worse than India because of fanatics it has produced in past 4 decades.
 
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1- Rahil Sharif has been given NOC according to rules. In case of objection, doors of azad adlia are open.
2- Why the hell should we care at all for the other side? which is any way an enemy state, much worse than India because of fanatics it has produced in past 4 decades.
1-whats your point
2-the day you can assure security on that border by strength, let me know; till then jingoistic statement are a waste of time.
 
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1-whats your point
2-the day you can assure security on that border by strength, let me know; till then jingoistic statement are a waste of time.

1- Appointment of Rahil Sharif as military general of coalition forces is not an act of Pakistan state... which you want to balance via foreign office.
2- How do you want to secure borders? Is this an excuse on behalf of rouge state across the border?
 
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That was a dead giveaway ... So you have created a new id just to spread lies and spew sectarian propaganda on PDF mr "Research & Dev" guy ?

@Slav Defence look into the matter please
i think for you every matter is sectarian although in Pakistan you call it genocide for other countries you call it war please stop quoting me in your post from now on you will be ignored we work on facts not propaganda thanks for your understanding.
 
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1- Appointment of Rahil Sharif as military general of coalition forces is not an act of Pakistan state... which you want to balance via foreign office.
2- How do you want to secure borders? Is this an excuse on behalf of rouge state across the border?
1- Regardless, he is a factor.
2- Stop your paranoia, focus on facts and not knee-jerk screaming because of your own uncontrollable emotions. Rogue state has non state actors within a significant portion of your population; you cannot afford another explosive sectarian situation with India already financing ethnic and religious violence from Afghanistan.
 
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Plz viewers avoid calling each other support of jhangivi or shia sympathizers in this thread keep your sectarian venom undercheck don't spew it here. This thread created to discuss geopolitics in Middle East stop this proxy wars of word by for or against Iran or Saudi Arabia.specially for me both countries are like any other country just Pakistan India Afghanistan irrespective of their sectarian alignment it's their internal matter.
 
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1- Regardless, he is a factor.
2- Stop your paranoia, focus on facts and not knee-jerk screaming because of your own uncontrollable emotions. Rogue state has non state actors within a significant portion of your population; you cannot afford another explosive sectarian situation with India already financing ethnic and religious violence from Afghanistan.
Aren't we running in circles? you state one thing I question it and than you jump to another dimension!
1- Sure Rahil Sharif is factor, but why should we care about any thing.
2- Paranoia... ? its reality. you were trying to justify Iranian crimes blaming upon us for not guarding borders properly!
I maintain, in case of Iran we have crossed far beyond the point, where things should be kept civil or diplomatic relations be maintained at all.

I still remember when UAE govt. official made one statement and all Iran loyalists, were already on war with UAE.
 
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GRS was a hero commander before taking charge chief of Saudi led alliance hard to understand there is no rivalry between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia the only concern party over this issue is our neighboring countries how come he became riyal Shareef , traitor backstabber seller in Pakistan what is wrong with Pakistani media and some section of society how come he became from hero to zero by not doing any thing against Pakistan or it's people.
 
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us backstabbed Pakistan by downplaying Pakistan roles on WOT

baloney! US paid billions of dollars and in return you gave protection to OBL and still keep supporting the Haqqani network

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http://carnegieendowment.org/files/pakistan_aid2011.pdf


and openly supporting India

Yes. Mexico, China and India have been stealing our jobs but those suicidal policies are now being reverted and fixed.

and denying Pakistan much needed military hardware

Pakistan is a major non-NATO ally. You need to clarify when and what was denied. Not everything could be shared. Even our closest allies cannot procure everything.

And the US is back stabbing us since our inception, be it 1965 war or 1971 war, every time whenever we needed a friend you slapped us an embargo, what an imbecile country USA is.

What kind nonsense is this? You need to get educated


https://www.cgdev.org/page/aid-pakistan-numbers


Pakistan: US Development Strategy
Aid to Pakistan by the Numbers


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What the United States spends in Pakistan
The United States began providing economic assistance along and military aid to Pakistan shortly after the country’s creation in 1947. In total, the United States obligated nearly $67 billion (in constant 2011 dollars) to Pakistan between 1951 and 2011. The levels year to year have waxed and waned for decades as US geopolitical interests in the region have shifted. Peaks in aid have followed years of neglect. In several periods, including as recently as the 1990s, US halted aid entirely and shut the doors of the USAID offices. This pattern has rendered the United States a far cry from a reliable and unwavering partner to Pakistan over the years.

History of US Obligations to Pakistan, millions US$(2011)

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Source: US Overseas Loans and Grants: Obligations and Loan Authorizations (aka the Greenbook). For the years 2002–2011 we have added data on Coalition Support Funds spending to the military assistance category; while CSF is not technically foreign assistance, it has constituted the bulk of military assistance to Pakistan during the post-9/11 period. Source for CSF amounts is "Direct Overt U.S. Aid Appropriations and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan," prepared for the Congressional Research Service by K. Alan Kronstadt.



In 2009, in an attempt to signal the United States’ renewed commitment to Pakistan, the US Congress approved the Enhanced Partnership for Pakistan Act (commonly known as the Kerry-Lugar-Berman bill, or KLB). KLB’s intention was to put security and development on two separate tracks, insulating the development agenda from unpredictable geopolitical and military events and facilitating longer-term planning for development. The act authorized a tripling of US economic and development-related assistance to Pakistan, or $7.5 billion over five years (FY2010 to FY2014), to improve Pakistan’s governance, support its economic growth, and invest in its people.

Even with strong authorizing language, however, it is up to the administration to request the funds and up to the Congressional appropriations committees to approve those requests. As quantified in a recent Congressional Research Service report by Susan Epstein and Alan Kronstadt, in only one of the first four years of KLB’s five-year authorization did the final appropriation for US economic-related aid to Pakistan meet or exceed the average annual authorization of $1.5 billion.

Appropriations for Economic-Related Assistance

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Source: Table 2, “Pakistan: U.S. Foreign Assistance” by Susan Epstein and Alan Kronstadt, CRS, July 2013. While the Department of State has classified the above accounts as economic-related assistance, we (and others including CRS) would classify INCLE and NADR as security-related assistance.



How Has US Assistance Been Allocated in Recent Years?

Between FY2002 and FY2009, only 30 percent of US foreign assistance to Pakistan was appropriated for economic-related needs; the remaining 70 percent was allocated to security-related assistance. In the period since the KLB authorization (FY2010 through the FY2014 budget request), 41 percent of assistance has been allocated for economic-related assistance —still not a majority of total assistance, but the increase over the preceding period does demonstrate the renewed commitment to Pakistan’s development embodied by the legislation.

Annual Appropriations, US Assistance to Pakistan FY 2002-2014 (Millions Current US $)

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Source: Annual Congressional appropriations, as reported and categorized by Alan Kronstadt of the Congressional Research Service. Under his categorization, Economic-Related Assistance includes Child Survival and Health, Development Assistance, Economic Support Fund, Food Aid, Human Rights and Democracy Funds, International Disaster Assistance, and Migration and Refugee Assistance. Security-Related Assistance includes Section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act, Counternarcotics, Foreign Military Financing, International Military Education and Training, International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement, Nonproliferation Anti-Terrorism Demining and Related, and Pakistan Counterinsurgency Funds and Counterinsurgency Capability Funds.



The following chart utilizes data from the US Foreign Assistance Dashboard, currently under construction, which intends to become the one-stop-shop for all data about US foreign assistance. It shows how funds designated for economic-assistance to Pakistan ($766 million requested in FY2014) have been allocated across sectors. Because we are most interested in what we consider to be development-related assistance - the programs that represent an investment in Pakistan's longer term economic development - we have removed the sectors "Peace and Security" and "Humanitarian Assistance" for this chart. Further details about the spending breakdown in each sector are available on the US Foreign Assistance Dashboard.

US Development-Related Assistance to Pakistan: Planned Spending by Sector (Millions Current US $)



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Source: US Foreign Assistance Dashboard, Accessed July 2013. Figures represent ‘Planned Spending’ for Pakistan for all sectors and all reporting agencies. We have removed the categories “Peace and Security” and “Humanitarian Assistance” in an attempt to reflect only longer term, development-related assistance. Also note that at the time of this publication the Foreign Assistance dashboard over-reported Health spending, but we have confirmed that the figures shown below are correct.



How Has US Assistance Funding Been Spent?

While the figures above show how officials planned to spend foreign assistance funds in Pakistan, actually disbursing the funds has proven to be a significant challenge. The limited capacity of local partners, legitimate concerns about corruption and security, a hesitation to deploy aid in the absence of necessary systemic reforms—for example in the energy sector—and the disruption to programmed assistance inflicted by natural disasters such as the 2010 floods have all contributed to difficulty in spending money.

In addition to challenges spending the money, as CGD staff have written in the past, it is difficult to know just how much money has been spent. According to figures in the most recent CRS report, between FY2010 and FY2012 approximately $2.2 billion of $4 billion appropriated for economic-related assistance was disbursed (including security-related assistance, just over $3 billion was disbursed in this time period).

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Source: Author’s calculations using data from Congressional Research Service, “Pakistan: U.S. Foreign Assistance,” July 2013.Note that figures only include accounts designated by the CRS analysis as Economic-Related Assistance.



Another source is the US Foreign Assistance Dashboard. The Dashboard reports that in this same time period (FY2010–2012), nearly $1.9 billion was spent in Pakistan. The Dashboard likely underreports obligation and spending data, in part because only 5 of 22 departments and agencies were reporting to the Dashboard at the time of this writing (see CGD’s US Foreign Assistance Dashboard Tracker for updates on reporting status).

A final source, probably the most accurate and certainly the most up to date, is the Quarterly Progress and Oversight Report on the Civilian Assistance Program in Pakistan, produced by the Office of the USAID Inspector General. According to the report, as of March 31, 2013, nearly $4 billion in civilian assistance funds for FY2010 through FY2013 had been obligated, and just over $3.5 billion had been spent. Using our categorization scheme where we classify ESF, GHCS, and the HR and Democracy Fund as development-related assistance, $2.6 billion in development-related assistance has been obligated and $2.3 billion spent.

How Do Assistance Levels to Pakistan Compare to Assistance to Other Initiatives and Countries?

The president’s FY2014 budget request marks a significant decline in assistance to Pakistan and the other frontline states of Afghanistan and Iraq. It also transfers the majority of assistance out of the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) component, created for the temporary and extraordinary resources required for frontline states, and into Enduring/Core Programs.

Despite this decline, the amount of US aid pledged to Pakistan remains significant compared to funding for other development initiatives. The administration’s $1.16 billion request for foreign assistance to Pakistan exceeds requests for the Global Hunger and Food Security initiative ($1.06 billion), the Millennium Challenge Corporation ($0.90 billion), and the Global Climate Change initiative ($0.48 billion). It is also not far behind the requested $1.36 billion for the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA), which makes loans and grants to the world’s 81 poorest countries and is the single largest source of development finance in these locations. As for bilateral assistance, according to the most recent data from USAID’s US Overseas Loans and Grants database (FY2011), Pakistan is the fourth largest recipient of US assistance, trailing Israel, Afghanistan, and Egypt. As a point of comparison, the United States has pledged seven times more aid to Pakistan than to Bangladesh, a neighboring country with a comparable population size and similar development needs.

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Source: US Overseas Loans and Grants, aka the Greenbook, denominated in 2011 constant US $. Note that this dataset excludes military reimbursements through the Coalition Support Fund, which have been appropriated for Pakistan at an average of $1.1 billion per year under KLB.





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Source: 2014 Congressional Budget Justification



It’s Not All About the US: Other Donors’ Contributions to Pakistan

Of course, the United States is just one of many countries and institutions that provide financial assistance to Pakistan. The following chart puts the United States’ contributions in context by quantifying each donor’s share of gross Official Development Assistance (ODA) that flowed into Pakistan in 2011. Total gross disbursements amounted to $4.15 billion (constant 2011 $). The United States was the largest contributor, constituting nearly a third of total ODA to Pakistan, and is followed by the World Bank’s International Development Association (21 percent of total ODA), Japan (14 percent), the United Kingdom (8 percent), and the EU Institutions (4 percent).

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Source: OECD Creditor Reporting System, Table DAC2a, accessed July 2013. Total includes Gross Disbursements of Official Development Assistance, All Sectors and Aid Types, and Channels, denominated in 2011 constant US $. Note these OECD CRS figures exclude major non-DAC donors except for Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, which are included. According to reports from the State Bank of Pakistan, in 2012 China pledged assistance (largely loans) to the amount of $850 million.



As for the multilateral institutions, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is Pakistan’s biggest multilateral partner, providing assistance of $4.4 billion from 2009 through 2012. Under its 2009-2013 Pakistan Country Strategy the ADB increased support for the energy, transport and irrigation infrastructure, and urban services sectors, providing annual average lending of almost $1.5 billion.

The World Bank’s portfolio in Pakistan currently consists of 30 projects with a total commitment of $5 billion. The Bank is heavily invested in the education sector (in Punjab, Sindh, and Balochistan) and infrastructure (transport, sanitation, water management, and energy).

The IMF disbursed credit worth $5.2 billion to Pakistan from FY2008 to FY2010 following the 2008 economic crises. In 2011 the Government of Pakistan decided to end the IMF program, but following the country’s civilian election in May 2013 the new government, led by the Pakistani Muslim League (Nawaz), has entered into a new provisional agreement with the Fund worth $6.6 billion for a bailout package for FY2013-2016. Although the IMF and Pakistan have an ‘unhappy history’, the new government is said to have little choice due to its balance of payments crisis and sharply declining foreign exchange reserves.
 
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baloney! US paid billions of dollars and in return you gave protection to OBL and still keep supporting the Haqqani network

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http://carnegieendowment.org/files/pakistan_aid2011.pdf




Yes. Mexico, China and India have been stealing our jobs but those suicidal policies are now being reverted and fixed.



Pakistan is a major non-NATO ally. You need to clarify when and what was denied. Not everything could be shared. Even our closest allies cannot procure everything.



What kind nonsense is this? You need to get educated


https://www.cgdev.org/page/aid-pakistan-numbers


Pakistan: US Development Strategy
Aid to Pakistan by the Numbers


Share

What the United States spends in Pakistan
The United States began providing economic assistance along and military aid to Pakistan shortly after the country’s creation in 1947. In total, the United States obligated nearly $67 billion (in constant 2011 dollars) to Pakistan between 1951 and 2011. The levels year to year have waxed and waned for decades as US geopolitical interests in the region have shifted. Peaks in aid have followed years of neglect. In several periods, including as recently as the 1990s, US halted aid entirely and shut the doors of the USAID offices. This pattern has rendered the United States a far cry from a reliable and unwavering partner to Pakistan over the years.

History of US Obligations to Pakistan, millions US$(2011)

chart%201.png
Source: US Overseas Loans and Grants: Obligations and Loan Authorizations (aka the Greenbook). For the years 2002–2011 we have added data on Coalition Support Funds spending to the military assistance category; while CSF is not technically foreign assistance, it has constituted the bulk of military assistance to Pakistan during the post-9/11 period. Source for CSF amounts is "Direct Overt U.S. Aid Appropriations and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan," prepared for the Congressional Research Service by K. Alan Kronstadt.



In 2009, in an attempt to signal the United States’ renewed commitment to Pakistan, the US Congress approved the Enhanced Partnership for Pakistan Act (commonly known as the Kerry-Lugar-Berman bill, or KLB). KLB’s intention was to put security and development on two separate tracks, insulating the development agenda from unpredictable geopolitical and military events and facilitating longer-term planning for development. The act authorized a tripling of US economic and development-related assistance to Pakistan, or $7.5 billion over five years (FY2010 to FY2014), to improve Pakistan’s governance, support its economic growth, and invest in its people.

Even with strong authorizing language, however, it is up to the administration to request the funds and up to the Congressional appropriations committees to approve those requests. As quantified in a recent Congressional Research Service report by Susan Epstein and Alan Kronstadt, in only one of the first four years of KLB’s five-year authorization did the final appropriation for US economic-related aid to Pakistan meet or exceed the average annual authorization of $1.5 billion.

Appropriations for Economic-Related Assistance

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Source: Table 2, “Pakistan: U.S. Foreign Assistance” by Susan Epstein and Alan Kronstadt, CRS, July 2013. While the Department of State has classified the above accounts as economic-related assistance, we (and others including CRS) would classify INCLE and NADR as security-related assistance.



How Has US Assistance Been Allocated in Recent Years?

Between FY2002 and FY2009, only 30 percent of US foreign assistance to Pakistan was appropriated for economic-related needs; the remaining 70 percent was allocated to security-related assistance. In the period since the KLB authorization (FY2010 through the FY2014 budget request), 41 percent of assistance has been allocated for economic-related assistance —still not a majority of total assistance, but the increase over the preceding period does demonstrate the renewed commitment to Pakistan’s development embodied by the legislation.

Annual Appropriations, US Assistance to Pakistan FY 2002-2014 (Millions Current US $)

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Source: Annual Congressional appropriations, as reported and categorized by Alan Kronstadt of the Congressional Research Service. Under his categorization, Economic-Related Assistance includes Child Survival and Health, Development Assistance, Economic Support Fund, Food Aid, Human Rights and Democracy Funds, International Disaster Assistance, and Migration and Refugee Assistance. Security-Related Assistance includes Section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act, Counternarcotics, Foreign Military Financing, International Military Education and Training, International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement, Nonproliferation Anti-Terrorism Demining and Related, and Pakistan Counterinsurgency Funds and Counterinsurgency Capability Funds.



The following chart utilizes data from the US Foreign Assistance Dashboard, currently under construction, which intends to become the one-stop-shop for all data about US foreign assistance. It shows how funds designated for economic-assistance to Pakistan ($766 million requested in FY2014) have been allocated across sectors. Because we are most interested in what we consider to be development-related assistance - the programs that represent an investment in Pakistan's longer term economic development - we have removed the sectors "Peace and Security" and "Humanitarian Assistance" for this chart. Further details about the spending breakdown in each sector are available on the US Foreign Assistance Dashboard.

US Development-Related Assistance to Pakistan: Planned Spending by Sector (Millions Current US $)



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Source: US Foreign Assistance Dashboard, Accessed July 2013. Figures represent ‘Planned Spending’ for Pakistan for all sectors and all reporting agencies. We have removed the categories “Peace and Security” and “Humanitarian Assistance” in an attempt to reflect only longer term, development-related assistance. Also note that at the time of this publication the Foreign Assistance dashboard over-reported Health spending, but we have confirmed that the figures shown below are correct.



How Has US Assistance Funding Been Spent?

While the figures above show how officials planned to spend foreign assistance funds in Pakistan, actually disbursing the funds has proven to be a significant challenge. The limited capacity of local partners, legitimate concerns about corruption and security, a hesitation to deploy aid in the absence of necessary systemic reforms—for example in the energy sector—and the disruption to programmed assistance inflicted by natural disasters such as the 2010 floods have all contributed to difficulty in spending money.

In addition to challenges spending the money, as CGD staff have written in the past, it is difficult to know just how much money has been spent. According to figures in the most recent CRS report, between FY2010 and FY2012 approximately $2.2 billion of $4 billion appropriated for economic-related assistance was disbursed (including security-related assistance, just over $3 billion was disbursed in this time period).

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Source: Author’s calculations using data from Congressional Research Service, “Pakistan: U.S. Foreign Assistance,” July 2013.Note that figures only include accounts designated by the CRS analysis as Economic-Related Assistance.



Another source is the US Foreign Assistance Dashboard. The Dashboard reports that in this same time period (FY2010–2012), nearly $1.9 billion was spent in Pakistan. The Dashboard likely underreports obligation and spending data, in part because only 5 of 22 departments and agencies were reporting to the Dashboard at the time of this writing (see CGD’s US Foreign Assistance Dashboard Tracker for updates on reporting status).

A final source, probably the most accurate and certainly the most up to date, is the Quarterly Progress and Oversight Report on the Civilian Assistance Program in Pakistan, produced by the Office of the USAID Inspector General. According to the report, as of March 31, 2013, nearly $4 billion in civilian assistance funds for FY2010 through FY2013 had been obligated, and just over $3.5 billion had been spent. Using our categorization scheme where we classify ESF, GHCS, and the HR and Democracy Fund as development-related assistance, $2.6 billion in development-related assistance has been obligated and $2.3 billion spent.

How Do Assistance Levels to Pakistan Compare to Assistance to Other Initiatives and Countries?

The president’s FY2014 budget request marks a significant decline in assistance to Pakistan and the other frontline states of Afghanistan and Iraq. It also transfers the majority of assistance out of the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) component, created for the temporary and extraordinary resources required for frontline states, and into Enduring/Core Programs.

Despite this decline, the amount of US aid pledged to Pakistan remains significant compared to funding for other development initiatives. The administration’s $1.16 billion request for foreign assistance to Pakistan exceeds requests for the Global Hunger and Food Security initiative ($1.06 billion), the Millennium Challenge Corporation ($0.90 billion), and the Global Climate Change initiative ($0.48 billion). It is also not far behind the requested $1.36 billion for the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA), which makes loans and grants to the world’s 81 poorest countries and is the single largest source of development finance in these locations. As for bilateral assistance, according to the most recent data from USAID’s US Overseas Loans and Grants database (FY2011), Pakistan is the fourth largest recipient of US assistance, trailing Israel, Afghanistan, and Egypt. As a point of comparison, the United States has pledged seven times more aid to Pakistan than to Bangladesh, a neighboring country with a comparable population size and similar development needs.

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Source: US Overseas Loans and Grants, aka the Greenbook, denominated in 2011 constant US $. Note that this dataset excludes military reimbursements through the Coalition Support Fund, which have been appropriated for Pakistan at an average of $1.1 billion per year under KLB.





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Source: 2014 Congressional Budget Justification



It’s Not All About the US: Other Donors’ Contributions to Pakistan

Of course, the United States is just one of many countries and institutions that provide financial assistance to Pakistan. The following chart puts the United States’ contributions in context by quantifying each donor’s share of gross Official Development Assistance (ODA) that flowed into Pakistan in 2011. Total gross disbursements amounted to $4.15 billion (constant 2011 $). The United States was the largest contributor, constituting nearly a third of total ODA to Pakistan, and is followed by the World Bank’s International Development Association (21 percent of total ODA), Japan (14 percent), the United Kingdom (8 percent), and the EU Institutions (4 percent).

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Source: OECD Creditor Reporting System, Table DAC2a, accessed July 2013. Total includes Gross Disbursements of Official Development Assistance, All Sectors and Aid Types, and Channels, denominated in 2011 constant US $. Note these OECD CRS figures exclude major non-DAC donors except for Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, which are included. According to reports from the State Bank of Pakistan, in 2012 China pledged assistance (largely loans) to the amount of $850 million.



As for the multilateral institutions, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is Pakistan’s biggest multilateral partner, providing assistance of $4.4 billion from 2009 through 2012. Under its 2009-2013 Pakistan Country Strategy the ADB increased support for the energy, transport and irrigation infrastructure, and urban services sectors, providing annual average lending of almost $1.5 billion.

The World Bank’s portfolio in Pakistan currently consists of 30 projects with a total commitment of $5 billion. The Bank is heavily invested in the education sector (in Punjab, Sindh, and Balochistan) and infrastructure (transport, sanitation, water management, and energy).

The IMF disbursed credit worth $5.2 billion to Pakistan from FY2008 to FY2010 following the 2008 economic crises. In 2011 the Government of Pakistan decided to end the IMF program, but following the country’s civilian election in May 2013 the new government, led by the Pakistani Muslim League (Nawaz), has entered into a new provisional agreement with the Fund worth $6.6 billion for a bailout package for FY2013-2016. Although the IMF and Pakistan have an ‘unhappy history’, the new government is said to have little choice due to its balance of payments crisis and sharply declining foreign exchange reserves.

Do als tell how that aid most of it is channelled back to US agencies.
Also, dont give me fking sht of us harbouring OBL. If we ever did you would bomb us back to stione age. Your offcials have clearly stated that.

We will support anyone that is in our interest. Your fking WOT has caused us damages that run into billions, thousands of live lost. Infra ntotally damaged. Entire culture spoilt.

You can shove that aid in your govts rear. How you lot clearly attacked us on Salala check post
 
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