Islamabad:
The United States has temporarily suspended foreign assistance to Pakistan for reevaluation after an executive order issued by President Donald Trump, according to a media report on Tuesday.
This movement instantly arrested a series of important projects of the International Development Agency of the United States (USAID) in Pakistan, including the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP), which is the flagship program to promote preservation and protection Cultural heritage, Geo News reported.
According to the United States Embassy here, the AFCP Fund “helps to protect historical buildings, archaeological sites, museum collections and traditional cultural expressions such as indigenous languages and crafts worldwide.”
Citing an unidentified official in the United States Consulate in Karachi, the report says that the United States has arrested Pakistan’s foreign assistance for reevaluation according to the executive order issued by Trump.
Five projects related to the energy sector have also been arrested as a result of this decision, according to the report.
They are the activity of improvement of the electricity sector, the energy activity of the private sector of Pakistan, the project of advice services of the energy sector, the guarantee program of the portfolio of clean energy loans and the activity of climate financing of Pakistan.
Four projects related to economic growth have also been seen. Among them, social protection activity was the only program that would be supposed to end in 2025.
The US movement also reached many projects related to health, agriculture, support and food security, floods, climate and education. Democracy, human rights and governance funds are also affected by Trump’s order.
Fears are being expressed that some of these programs will be filed forever or at least will be significantly reduced, according to Geo News.
However, the total value of the affected projects is not known, since it is not clear how much annual help is currently pumping Pakistan.
Until now, officials in Pakistan have not confirmed the development and impact of Trump’s executive measures on the arrest of assistance to Pakistan.
Last week, without appointing any country, Tammy Bruce, spokesman for the United States Department of State, in a statement, said: “According to President Trump’s executive order on reevaluation and realinea or through the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for review. ” “As the Secretary of State said, Marco Rubio, ‘every dollar we spend, every program we finance, and every policy we seek must justify the answer to three simple questions: does the United States make the United States more secure? Does it make states United is stronger? Does the United States be more prosperous?
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