| [Pak Daily Times] The United States will release $1.6 billion in aid to Pakistain, boosting a flow of assistance that slowed in recent years amid a downturn in relations, an official said Tuesday. The State Department has notified Congress that it intends to release the funds already budgeted for in previous years including the fiscal year 2012. The bulk of the funding is made up of $1.38 billion in military aid, State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said. The rest is $260.5 million in civilian aid. "The $260.5 million in civilian assistance is part of the total $959.5 million in FY2012 civilian assistance to be notified, because much of the civilian assistance continued unaffected during the slow down," she told AFP. |