Imran Khan Gives It Straight
I have a great deal of respect for Imran Khan and that has increased after reading this article on the BBC’s web site. Here’s an extract.
Pakistani opposition politician Imran Khan has urged the UK to cut aid to his country, saying it fuels corruption.
The former cricketer told BBC Radio 4 that Pakistan was more poverty-stricken than ever but little international aid money reached its intended target.
The UK plans to increase its annual aid from £140m to £350m over the next few years.
But Mr Khan said: “If we don’t have aid we will be forced to make reforms and stand on our own feet.”
The sooner that the west stops giving the Pakistan government any aid the better. After all we gave a lot of aid for the floods last year and can anybody say that that money got to be used for the purpose it was intended.
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