Pakistani officials have said that in spite of the global crackdown on funds filtering down to the Al Qaeda, the truth was that the organization was financially healthy enough of being able to pay stipend to its former and present operatives. The Dawn quoted security officials interrogating two Al Qaeda suspects as saying that the organization was still getting money form its sympathizers in the Middle East and the Gulf.Officials said that Medjouri Mohammad Said, 39, and Mehdi Rabbah, 37, who were picked up in Faisal Town on Dalazak Road, were regularly being paid 600 to 800 dollars from known Al Qaeda paymasters after every three to six months, adding that that two admitted to doing nothing and living entirely on the stipend. Officials said that though both pretended to be Afghans and carried nom de guere of Zaid and Azizullah, respectively, and also spoke fluent Pashto, they however could not convince officials as to why did they receive the stipend if they did not have any links with Al Qaeda. "It is now more or less established that Al Qaeda is still getting money from its sympathizers from abroad and has a network of paymasters to dole out financial assistance to its operatives, regardless of their status or whether they are active or have become inactive. They are still getting money from sympathizers in the Middle East and the Gulf," the paper quoted a security official as saying.