US to impose conditions on military aid to Pakistan

The United States is all set to put in place a new set of conditions attached to its military aid to Pakistan in order ensure that it is all used to fight the terror threats that it is meant to.

These conditions are attachments in the form of an amendment to the US Defence Department's spending budget for the year 2010. The bill is most likely to be passed by the senate soon.

While it is a development that is to be welcomed by India and the world at large what is to be seen is how far the Americans would succeed in making it work and how war it would really prevent Pakistan from using military for purposes other than tackling terror threats like augmenting its defences against India. Particularly interesting when Pakistan is an avowed violator of conditions attached to such aid extended to the country by using them to strengthen its defences against India.