US rejects Pak opposition to Kerry Lugar bill

The US on Wednesday rejected Pakistan’s last minute bid to seek a change in the text of the Kerry Lugar bill providing USD 7.5 billion aid to that country, asserting that it did not impinge on its sovereignty as claimed by the Pakistan Army.


As US President Barack Obama prepared to sign the bill into law, senior administration officials made it clear to visiting Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi that they were unlikely to make any changes in the bill, while accusing its opponents of misinterpreting the legislation to serve their own interests.


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