US Aid | MCQs

Explanation

The Kerry-Lugar Bill, also called the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009, authorized non-military aid to Pakistan for 2010-2014.

Signed by President Obama on October 15, 2009.

It aimed to strengthen U.S.-Pakistan ties and allocated $1.5 billion annually.

Explanation

 The then Army chief General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq stages a coup, overthrowing the government of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1977.

The then US President Jimmy Carter administration cut off the military and economic aid to Pakistan in November 1977.

MUG 11-12-2022

Explanation

The green revolution in Pakistan began in the 1960s,

It was based on the introduction of the US helping Pakistan with economic Aid for Pakistan