£300m Earthquake Aid 'Misused By Zardari’ -- The Telegraph
More than £300 million in foreign aid for victims of the 2005 Pakistan earthquake has been diverted by President Asif Zardari's government to other causes, officials have told The Daily Telegraph.
They now fear that the alleged diversion of funds will deter donors from giving further aid after the country's devastating floods.
According to senior officials, schools, hospitals, houses and roads planned with money given by foreign governments and international aid groups remain unbuilt almost five years after the earthquake which killed 80,000 and left four million people homeless.
Read more ....
More News On Past Aid To Pakistan, And Why Donors Are Reluctant To Donate Money Today
Aid for 2005 Pakistan quake spent elsewhere: report -- DAWN
Zardari 'diverted £300m quake aid to other causes' -- Vancouver Sun
2005 quake aid spent elsewhere: paper -- Sydney Morning Herald/AFP
Zardari government accused of diverting 300 million pound Kashmir earthquake aid -- Sify News
Zardari government accused of diverting 300 million pound Kashmir earthquake aid -- Karachi News
U.S. Offers Aid to Rescue Pakistanis and Reclaim Image -- New York Times
US aid to Pakistan stirs controversy -- Press TV (Iran)
Pakistan flood aid trickles in: N.L. Oxfam -- CBC
Pakistan floods: Aid trickles in for victims as cholera spreads in Pakistan's worst-ever floods -- The Guardian
Canada pledges another $31M in aid for Pakistan -- CBC
Panel to oversee flood aid spending -- Express Tribune
Pakistan floods fail to spark strong global aid -- AP
Pakistan suffers – but our wallets remain closed -- Alasdair Palmer, The Telegraph
Why no rush to aid Pakistan? -- Jorge Heine, Toronto Star
Slow response to catastrophe -- Irish Times
My country needs help, not disapproval -- Ayesha Siddiqa, The Independent
My Comment: Pakistan's culture of corruption and incompetence has finally caught up to them .... with disastrous results for millions of people and a foreign community reluctant to provide aid knowing that much of it will just be diverted elsewhere.
No comments:
Post a Comment