| GEO Pakistan | | Kerry says change in KLB impossible | Updated at: 0235 PST, Tuesday, October 20, 2009
 ISLAMABAD: Senator John Kerry, who is one of the founders of Kerry-Lugar Bill, has made it clear that presently no change is possible in the Kerry-Lugar Bill, Geo news reported in Monday.
Talking to senior journalists here on Monday, he said the military and political leadership has adopted uniform stance on the US aid bill, adding, US respects Pakistan‘s sovereignty and neither it had compromised on it nor it is such possible in future.
"Pakistan is an independent country and it will spend 7.5 billion dollars aid on its own but though it is the amount of US taxpayers‘ amount and, therefore, they and some US congressmen ask where the amount would be spent and Hillary Clinton would present report in this regard", he clarified.
According to him, we are giving to Pakistan about 7.5 billion dollars aid and also listening its complaints and we can spend this amount in California where badly needed. |  |
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