Pause on US foreign assitance to affect 1.7m Pakistanis, including 1.2m Afghan refugees – Pakistan

The pause on US foreign assitance by the Trump administration would affect 1.7 million people in Pakistan, including 1.2m Afghan refugees, who would be cut off from “lifesaving sexual and reproductive health services” with the closure of over 60 facilities, UN News reported on Tuesday.

The United States is the world’s largest provider of official development assistance, according to the…