[3] In 2013, Saudi Arabian government donated US$1.5 billion to Pakistan to increase its foreign reserves and meet its needs of balance of trade deficit.
[citation needed] However the Pakistan Treasury only received $8.647 billion in direct financial payments.
[9] In 2008, some criticism surfaced after USAid revealed to the House Foreign Affairs Committee that up to 30% of aid sent to Afghanistan and Pakistan were used on U.S. based contractors and consultants.
This bill included $1.5 billion in annual assistance to Pakistan from 2009 through 2014 but required the Pakistani government to take certain steps to fight terrorism within the country in order to receive the funds.
[16] Officials further supported this idea as they believe that Pakistani civilian bureaucracies did not have the capacity to be effective aid implementing partners.
[16] In total, the United States obligated nearly $78.3 billion to Pakistan between 1948 and 2016 (adjusted to 2016 value of dollar).
It received approximately £320 million in aid in 2019/20 as part of Department for International Development's programme.
[22] Pakistan has been trying to negotiate free trade deals with the EU and America as part of Western assistance in war against terror instead of aid.