Washington : A powerful Republican Congresswoman has asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to immediately stop American aid program for flood victims in Pakistan, where al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces on Monday.
Expressing her "concerns during this time of immense uncertainty about our country's relationship with Pakistan", Congresswoman Kay Granger, who chairs a key committee with oversight over foreign assistance, urged Clinton to shelve nearly USD 200 million in cash payments to Pakistan agencies.
"My opposition to the program has only been heightened by the discovery of the most notorious terrorist in the world living hundreds of yards from a Pakistani military installation for more than five years. This reinforces my greater concern that the Government may be incapable of distributing US funds in a transparent manner that allows proper oversight of taxpayer dollars," she said in a letter. PTI
