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Source: dailymail
Islamabad : Pakistan | about 1 month ago  
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US President Barack Obama signed a 7.5 billion dollar Kerry-Lugar aid package bill for Pakistan into law Thursday, after Congress offered assurances the plan did not violate Pakistani sovereignty. Obama signed the bill, which has come under fierce criticism in Pakistan, without fanfare...
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  • News Source: Russia Today | about 1 month ago
    They call it humiliating, arrogant, and say it compromises the country’s sovereignty.
  • News Source: Chicago Tribune | about 1 month ago
    Pakistan's foreign minister defended on Friday a U.S. aid package critics contend compromises sovereignty, saying it would help counter-terrorism efforts and improve "abysmal" social services. U.S. President Barack Obama signed on Thursday the bill...
  • News Source: Asia Times | about 1 month ago
    After 10 days of raging controversy centered in Islamabad, United States President Barack Obama on Thursday signed a major aid bill for Pakistan authorizing some US$7.5 billion in non-military assistance for the increasingly beleaguered country over...
  • News Source: Toronto Star | about 1 month ago
    President Barack Obama has signed into law a $7.5 billion (U.S.) aid package for Pakistan that the U.S. ally's military criticized as meddling in its affairs. The law is an attempt to strengthen the weak civilian government in Islamabad and encourage...
  • News Source: Dawn | about 1 month ago
    A charged Shah Mehmood Qureshi has defended the provisions of the Kerry-Lugar bill in the parliament on Friday. He decried the politicisation of the debate over the bill and what he called the out of hand rejection of the bill by ‘certain...
  • News Source: Sify News | about 1 month ago
    Pakistan's Senators have rejected the explanatory memo attached to the Kerry Lugar Bill even as US President Barack Obama signed it into law thereby tripling non-military aid to Islamabad to about 7.5 billion dollars over the next five years.
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  • Blog Source: www.vamban.com
    Washington, Oct 15 - President Barack Obama Thursday signed a bill tripling non-military aid to Pakistan to about $7.5 billion over the next five years but.
  • Blog Source: washingtonindependent.com
    As President Obama said on March 27, the United States wants to engage Pakistan on the basis of a strategic partnership, “grounded in support for Pakistan's democratic institutions and the Pakistani people.” This Act formalizes that ...
  • Blog Source: www.pakpoint.com
    US President Barack Obama signed a 7.5 billion dollar Kerry-Lugar aid package bill for Pakistan into law Thursday, after Congress offered assurances the plan. ... The measure offers 1.5 billion dollars a year for five years to improve Pakistani
  • Blog Source: ztower.wordpress.com
    The Washington Times reports that “Obama signs Pakistan aid bill.” Excellent! “The $7.5 billion aid plan is for civilian projects such as schools. Named after Sens. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, and Richard G. Lugar, ...
  • Blog Source: www.daily.pk
    Obama Signs 'Kill Bill'. What Can Pakistan Do? Written by Ahmed Qureshi Pakistan Oct 16, 2009. President Obama has signed the 'Kill Bill' [Kerry-Lugar bill] despite the reservations of most Pakistanis on offensive language in some ...
  • Blog Source: blogs.mcclatchydc.com
    Obama signs Pakitsan aid. President Obama today signed into law the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009, also known as the “Kerry-Lugar-Berman" bill. " This law is the tangible manifestation of broad support for Pakistan in ...
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