US releases $500m CSF instalment

ISLAMABAD — Although Pakistan did not receive any payment relating to the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) for the past three months, the Bush Administration has released the pending $500 million payment to Pakistan, US Embassy confirmed to The Nation on Wednesday.

"I cannot confirm when would it reach, but it's coming", US Embassy spokeswoman Ms Colton said, adding that the amount of instalment had been deposited in Pakistan's account in the New York Bank.

The US government, sources said, had stopped reimbursement of payments for the past three months on the pretext of auditing all the payments it had made to Pakistan.