US Outspends Islamabad On Flood Relief In Pakistan -- Christian Science MonitorBut instead of helping repair US-Pakistan relations, the flood aid looks like it is feeding into old patterns of distrust between the two countries.
The US government has pledged more money toward this year's flood relief efforts in Pakistan than the country's own government, according to a report this month from the Congressional Research Service.
Floods have devastated swaths of the Pakistani countryside this year. And once again the US is contributing substantial funds, despite strained ties between the two governments and large anti-American street protests.
According to a little noticed detail in a report titled “Pakistan: US Foreign Assistance,” the country's central government has pledged $91 million toward flood relief, a third less than the $134.6 million promised by the US State Department and USAID as of the end of September 2012.
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My Comment: Considering the amount of money involved and the efforts of many .... not a good sign. On the flip side .... many still believe that U.S. foreign aid makes sense.