| The Pakistan Foreign Office on Monday rejected a report published in a US daily that Pakistan has squandered $5 billion in aid, saying the report was baseless. The New York Times, in its Monday edition, alleged that $5 billion in US aid for bolstering military efforts against Al Qaeda and the Taliban was not being used for the purpose intended and was instead being diverted to help finance weapons systems designed to counter India. A Foreign Office spokesman told a private TV channel that the report was false and negated the counter-terroism efforts made by Pakistan. |