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Pakistan is one of the poorest countries in Asia and was placed 150 out of 178 nations on the most recent United Nations Human Development Index, which ranks countries according to health, education and income.
Australia’s overall foreign aid budget has been slashed by 27 per cent in real terms since 2013 and now makes up just 0.82 per cent of federal government spending, an all-time low.
No one could plausibly claim the need in the Pacific is greater than the need in Pakistan,” he said.
Last financial year Australia's aid to Pakistan provided food and cash transfers to over two million poor people affected by drought and internal displacement. It supported a further 1.2 million people in disadvantaged regions, helping them to gain access to justice, public services and business grants.
The government's decision to end bilateral aid to Pakistan is a marked shift from its priorities in 2015, when an official aid investment plan said Australia has “strong interests” in Pakistan because of its size and strategic position in the South Asia region.
The Morrison government’s aid budget summary released in April said “gender disparities are stark” in Pakistan and noted that "nine in 10 Pakistani women experience violence in their lifetime, among the world’s highest rates of gender-based violence."