Shocked US monitoring Pak post Musharraf bombshell

“We recently sent a team to Pakistan to review,with the Pakistan military,the CSF documentation and other requirements in order to improve accountability and timeliness of payments,” Mullen said.

Mullen also did not disclose that whether the team has returned or what the findings were.

Mullen,in his letter,said Washington would keep supporting Pakistan in its struggle against the extremists and also provide funds as it was a key element towards meeting the US’ objectives in its AfPak strategy.

“We continue to work with the Pakistan military to improve CSF processes,and ensure appropriate accountability and transparency for CSF,” ‘The Dawn’ quoted Mullen,as saying

Meanwhile,US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson said the US would continue to maintain the various long standing accountability measures to ensure transparency in the distribution of the allocations.

“The US government will continue to deliver assistance to Pakistan through a variety of long-standing vectors as required by American law,to ensure transparency and accountability. The US is not depriving the Pakistani government of any degree of direct funding as a result of a lack of confidence or trust,” Patterson said.

Patterson said some the non-military aid under the Kerry-Lugar legislation would be transferred to Pakistan through government institutions,private sector firms and some international and Pakistani non-government organizations (NGO’s).

“There’s huge internal capacity to develop Pakistan,and we want to tap into it. Using a deliberate qualifying process,we will stream more funding through national,provincial and local institutions,and build their capacity to work with us in the future,” she added.