US puts four ‘must do conditions’ on future military aid to Pak: report

Under the new approach,the office of the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is compiling classified scorecards that track Pakistan’s cooperation in four areas,referred to in the White House as “baskets”.

Each basket contains a to-do list that the administration wants from Pakistan.

Clapper’s office looks at each item in each basket and assigns “green light”,“yellow light” and “red light” assessments to show whether progress is being made,the report said.

According to officials,the classified score cards are presented to the so-called deputies committee of the White House National Security Council.

The deputies,who represent senior members of the president’s cabinet,oversee the review process and the release of security funding.

Officials wouldn’t say how they decide how much money to release for incremental progress by Pakistan.

A senior military official called the unusual new approach “a hard-knuckled reflection of where we are right now” in relations.

“The message is: You make progress in these areas,and we can release some of this assistance,” another senior US official said of the review process.

“Give us something that we can show [Congress that we’re working together,” the official added.

US aid to Pakistan,including economic and security-related assistance,totaled nearly 4.5 billion dollars in fiscal 2010.

Security aid accounted for over 2.7 billion dollars of that,according to the Congressional Research Service.