Houston: Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that the Obama administration's suspension of $800 million (Dh2.9 billion) in US aid to the Pakistani military is not in the interest of either nation and could hamper anti-terrorism efforts.
"We are weakening the country and the army," Musharraf said during an address at Rice University's Baker Institute of Public Policy. "It will have a negative effect certainly on the Pakistan army, on its capability to fight terrorism."
President Barack Obama's chief of staff, William Daley, confirmed over the weekend the withholding of the cash intended for the Pakistani military. He said while the strained relationship between the United States and Pakistan must be made "to work over time", until it does, "we'll hold back some of the money that the American taxpayers are committed to give" to the country's powerful military forces. AP
