slamabad responded, Monday, July 11, the U.S. announcement to suspend part of its military aid to Pakistan, saying the army could function without external financing. His spokesman, Major General Athar Abbas, said he had, so far, received no official notification of the U.S. decision.
The right arm of U.S. President confirmed that the decision was about $ 800 million in military aid, more than one third of the budget of over $ 2 billion that the U.S. pays each year in the country. A figure previously published in The New York Times.
