Between 1952 and 2008, Islamabad received over $73bn as foreign aid, according to Pakistan’s Economic Survey. But in the period since the Mumbai strikes, the amount of aid pledged or delivered to Pakistan has totalled a staggering $23.3bn. This figure excludes China’s unpublicised contributions but includes the IMF’s $7.6bn bailout package, released after the Mumbai attacks.(hat-tip banerjee)
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Terrorism is Lucrative!
Pakistan will never kill the goose that lays golden eggs.
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http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/04/indias-role-in-af-pak.php#comments
Wanted to Thank You for your comments and setting the record straight at Matt Yglesias' blog.
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