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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has dispatched fresh bills worth $2 billion to the US on account of repayments due under the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) head, official sources said on Tuesday.
The Joint Staff Headquarters forwarded CSF bills worth $2 billion for the period between May 2011 and June 2012 to the US after accomplishing procedural requirements, official sources confirmed.
Pakistan stopped sending CSF bills to the US after the raid to kill Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad in May 2011. Relations between Washington and Islamabad came under further strain in the aftermath of Salala incident towards the end of 2011 and Pakistan closed Nato supply routes to Afghanistan.
After intense consultations, Pakistan and the US evolved consensus to reopen Nato supply routes last month and Washington disbursed $1.118 billion CSF dues for the period prior to May 2011. (Of the total bills worth $2.5 billion submitted by Pakistan, US had rejected bills worth $1.3 billion.)
Official sources say they dont know when the fresh bills will be honoured but they expect to receive between $400-$600 million in the next few months, which will provide breathing space to Pakistans struggling economy.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-17111-Pakistan-sends-new-$2-bn-war-bill-to-US
The Joint Staff Headquarters forwarded CSF bills worth $2 billion for the period between May 2011 and June 2012 to the US after accomplishing procedural requirements, official sources confirmed.
Pakistan stopped sending CSF bills to the US after the raid to kill Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad in May 2011. Relations between Washington and Islamabad came under further strain in the aftermath of Salala incident towards the end of 2011 and Pakistan closed Nato supply routes to Afghanistan.
After intense consultations, Pakistan and the US evolved consensus to reopen Nato supply routes last month and Washington disbursed $1.118 billion CSF dues for the period prior to May 2011. (Of the total bills worth $2.5 billion submitted by Pakistan, US had rejected bills worth $1.3 billion.)
Official sources say they dont know when the fresh bills will be honoured but they expect to receive between $400-$600 million in the next few months, which will provide breathing space to Pakistans struggling economy.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-17111-Pakistan-sends-new-$2-bn-war-bill-to-US
