US temporarily halts aid to Pakistan after Trump’s executive orders
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a House Republican members conference meeting in Trump National Doral resort, in Miami, Florida, US January 27, 2025. — Reuters
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According to an executive order issued by President Donald Trump, the United States has stopped Pakistan’s foreign aid for re -evaluation, a US consulate official in Karachi recently confirmed Geo News.
Without mentioning any country, the US State Department spokesman, Temy Bruce, has also issued a statement in this regard.
Bruce said, “According to the executive order on President Trump’s foreign aid restoration and restoration, Secretary Rubio by Secretary of State for the State and US Agency for International Development (USAID) to review All US -funded US aid has withheld foreign aid. “
“As Foreign Secretary Marco Rubio has said, ‘Every dollar we spend, every program we fund, and justify each policy with the answer to three simple questions. Does it make the United States stronger? ”
The move has immediately stopped several important USAID projects in Pakistan, including the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Protection (AFCP), which flagged to promote cultural heritage protection and protection. The program is.
According to the US Embassy, the fund “helps protect historical buildings, archaeological sites, museum collections and traditional cultural impressions, such as indigenous languages and worldwide crafts.”
In other words, the AFCP demonstrates ‘the depth of American respect for the cultural heritage of Pakistan’.
In addition, the decision has resulted in the halt of five energy sector projects.
These include improvement in the power sector, Pakistan Private Sector Energy Activity, Energy Sector Advisory Services Project, Clean Energy Loan Port Folio Guarantee Program and Pakistan climate financing.
Four economic growth projects have also been affected. Of these, the social security activity was the only program ending in 2025.
The activity of promoting investment in others, Pakistan includes private investment measures and economic recovery and development activity. Fortunately, implemented by the UN Development Program .8 24.8 million FATA economic recovery program has already been completed.
In the agriculture sector, the Gomal Zam Command Area Development Project was completed in 2024. However, in 2025, two of the five programs were expected to end.
These include better productivity and water management for Pakistan Agriculture Programs II. Nevertheless, livelihood and food security activity, climate agriculture and recharge Pakistan are also affected for the flood -hit districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan.
Democracy, human rights and governance funds are also under Trump’s order.
It was expected that four of these 11 projects would be completed in 2025. However, a $ 19.1 million plan was completed in 2024 to strengthen the electoral and legislative process.
Others include the construction of peace in Pakistan, registration of land in the integrated areas, community flexibility activity, North, the rule of the integrated areas, comprehensive democratic process and governance, harmony, local governance and understanding and involvement in democracy, Subha. The NAU, all includes. Hindu and Water Governance for Sindh.
In the field of education, one of the four projects, in which girls’ education activity is improved, was expected to be completed in 2025. Similar programs, strengthening of the higher education system and educated activity, which focuses on Sindh and KP.
In the health sector, the integrated health system has been reinforced and the supply of services, the Tuberculosis Local Organization Network, the Tuberculosis Framework Agreement, the construction of healthy families and the global health security program has been stopped. –
There are concerns that some of these programs will be permanently preserved or at least significantly reduced. And why not? This is the first America era.
For each money, the US president is looking for a payment. On the day President Trump took oath for his second term, the White House labeled international aid as an industry.
In a bold admission, it states: “The United States foreign aid industry and bureaucracy are not associated with US interests and in many cases against US values. They promote ideology in foreign countries. Work to destabilize world peace, which is directly in harmony with the internal and stable relations of the countries.
However, there is a silver lining.
In a recent statement, the White House said: “In consultation with the Director of OMB, the responsible of the department and the head of the agency will decide whether to issue every foreign aid program within 90 days of this order. Keeping, modifying, or continuing every foreign aid program.
