“Today we can confirm that we are suspending security assistance only to Pakistan at this time,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said at a press briefing. The State Department official added that Pakistan could receive the suspended funding if it takes decisive actions against terrorism. US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Tuesday that Washington would withhold $255 million in assistance to Pakistan. He said Washington had “foolishly given Pakistan more than $33 billion in aid over the last 15 years”. The envoy was also told that there was no truth in US president’s assertion about US aid to Pakistan and that Pakistan had taken all these allegations seriously,” well-placed sources had informed Pakistan Today.

Source: Pakistan Today January 04, 2018 21:00 UTC