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Pentagon has not released coalition support fund for Pakistan yet!

WASHINGTON: Payments to Pakistan under the Coalition Support Fund are still frozen and the US Defense Secretary (who was recently in Pakistan) has not yet issued the required certification.
Lt. Col. Michael Andrews a spokesman for the Pentagon, told media that “Secretary Mattis has not yet made a decision on the certification required”.
Congress has yet to release the $400 million in counter-terrorism funds for Pakistan in fiscal year 2017.
Another $650 million in payments, that Pakistan would have received for the previous two fiscal years, have already been “reprogrammed and are no longer available to Pakistan,” Andrews further added.
While the United States maintains that the funds are tied to Islamabad’s backing for counter-terrorism operations, Pakistani officials continue to claim that payments should not be linked to precise conditions.

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.