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Pakistan receives $ 2.8 billion as civilian aid from US


"While figures for this fiscal are not yet available, since the passage of the Kerry-Lugar-Berman legislation in October 2009, the US government has disbursed $ 2.8 billion in civilian assistance, including approximately USD 1 billion in emergency humanitarian assistance," the State Department said in a statement.

Pakistan has received close to three billion dollars as US aid.


In 2011, the US supported construction of 210 kilometers of road in FATA and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, funded the world's largest Fulbright exchange program, and sponsored initiatives promoting private sector growth and civil society development in Pakistan.

prosperous, stable, and democratic state, which serves the national interests of both the United States and Pakistan," the statement said yesterday.

"Civilian assistance to Pakistan has been ongoing throughout the closure of the Nato supply lines and has continued after their opening," the statement said.