Kerry, Lugar call for Pak-US enterprise fund
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-IN) have introduced legislation that will lead to the establishment of the “Pakistan-American Enterprise Fund,” to focus on strengthening the private sector in Pakistan using existing funds from the Kerry-Lugar-Berman aid package passed by Congress last year.The…
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