Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Apr 23 (PTI) Finding "serious flaws" in the bills submitted by Pakistan, the US has held up the reimbursement of USD four billion spent by this country's army on the war on terror, a media report said today.
Pakistani army had submitted bills worth USD 12 billion for reimbursement under the Coalition Support Fund and the US has paid only USD eight billion, officials of Pakistan's Defence Ministry told a recent meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence.
The officials confirmed that the US Treasury Department had not reimbursed claims for USD four billion. They did not tell the parliamentarians the possible reasons for this development.
Defence Secretary Lt Gen (retd) Athar Ali too confirmed that the amount had not been paid during a closed-door briefing to members of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Defence presided over by Azra Fazal Pechuho.