A key American lawmaker fromTexas has introduced a resolution in the House ofRepresentative to freeze all US aid to Pakistan.
The House Resolution (No HR 3013) if passed will freezeall US aid to Pakistan with the exception of funds that aredesignated to help secure nuclear weapons.
“Since the discovery of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad,Pakistan has proven to be disloyal, deceptive and a danger tothe United States,” Congressman Ted Poe said in a statementafter tabling the resolution in the House on Friday.
“This so-called ally continues to take billions in US aid, while at the same time supports the militants who attack us.
Bill tabled in US House to freeze all aid to Pak
“The United States must immediately freeze all aid to Pakistan,” said Poe, who is a member of the House Committee onForeign Affairs.
Pakistan has made it “painfully obvious” that theywill continue their policy of “duplicity and deceit” bypretending to be US ally in the war on terror whilesimultaneously promoting violent extremism, the Congressmansaid.
According Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs ofStaff, just this month the Pakistani government supported thegroups who were behind both the truck bomb attack that woundedmore than 70 US and NATO Troops and the attack on the USEmbassy, Poe said.
The resolution has been sent to the House Foreign Affairs Committee for necessary action.
Bill tabled in US House to freeze all aid to Pak
It is only after this key Congressional committeeapproves the resolution that it will be sent to the House ofRepresentatives.
Notably only a few resolutions enter the House ofRepresentatives.