Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Audit shows $2 billion in questionable Pentagon aid to Pakistan

Just read on the BBC Urdu

پاکستان کو دیےگئے دو ارب ڈالر کا حساب نہیں
پاکستانی فوجی(فائل فوٹو)
’دہشتگردی کے خلاف جنگ کے ایک فنڈ کا اسّی فیصد پاکستان کو جاتا ہے‘
امریکہ میں کانگریس کی مختلف معاملات کی نگرانی کرنے والی ایجنسی گورنمنٹ اکاؤنٹبلٹی آفس نے اپنی ایک رپورٹ میں کہا ہے کہ دہشتگردی کے خلاف جنگ میں امریکہ کی جانب سے پاکستان کو دی جانے والی امداد میں کئی طرح کی مالی بے ضابطگیاں پائی گئی ہیں۔







Audit shows $2 billion in questionable Pentagon aid to Pakistan
Los Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour ago
The audit acknowledges that the Pentagon has recently taken steps to improve its scrutiny of the expense reports submitted by Pakistan.

Audit questions oversight of aid to Pakistan
The Associated Press - 9 hours ago
11 attacks, but with little to no proof that the money has been used for that purpose, an independent audit has found. The assessment by the Governmen


Interesting, so where did that money go?

A. Musharraf used it to strengthen his regime and crush his opponents.
B. Army's pro-talibaan factions used it to support the very elements we are trying to fight.
C. Pakistani army and its corrupt officials used it for their foreign tours, their expensive cars and their lavish life style
D. Robin-hood took it.

It's our tax dollars and I'd hate to see it going to a waste. Let's do some accountability and ask Musharraf what did he do with those billions?

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