WASHINGTON - Longtime US Senator Richard Lugar, co-sponsor of the controversial Kerry-Lugar-Bergman Act envisaging $7.5 billion in civilian aid to Pakistan over a five year period, will leave the Senate at the end of this year following his electoral defeat on Tuesday.Lugar, a 35-year veteran of ...

WASHINGTON - Longtime U.S. Senator Richard Lugar, co-sponsor of the controversial Kerry-Lugar-Bergman Act envisaging $7.5 billion in civilian aid to Pakistan over a five year period, will leave the Senate at the end of this year following his electoral defeat on Tuesday.Lugar, a 35-year veteran of ...

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-IN) have introduced legislation that will lead to the establishment of the Pakistan-American Enterprise Fund, to focus on strengthening the private sector in Pakistan using existing funds from the ...

A high level meeting of countrys top leadership is being convened soon to discuss the Kerry Lugar bill and its implications, Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said Friday. The president, myself, the army chief and the foreign minister will hold a meeting immediately, the prime minister said ...

Pakistans ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani on Thursday said ideally the U.S. assistance for his country should have no strings attached to it but observed that Islamabad can live with the certifications as they will not affect the flow of economic aid. He also noted that the ...