US aid package

Letter October 23, 2010
This kind of easy money will increase corruption, greed and lethargy among officials of Pakistan.

VANCOUVER, CANADA: This is with reference to the report “US woos Pakistan with a $2 billion package” (October 23). This kind of easy money will increase corruption, greed and lethargy among officials of Pakistan. On the other hand, such money will increase black money/inflation and result in more murders of landless and deprived people. Killings of deprived and underprivileged people will increase revenge based militancy, which will require more aid money. Hence due to this vicious cycle, ordinary Pakistanis will never be able to live in peace.

Robert Collins

Published in The Express Tribune, October 24th, 2010.