ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses primarily on the foreign aid that Pakistan has received from the United States. In exploring assistance to Pakistan, it examines the setting for aid, the country itself, and aid over time. By the mid-1950s, US economic aid and technical assistance to Pakistan were wedded to US military assistance and US foreign policy interests. The 1950s saw aid in Pakistan being used for nation building and the expansion of basic services. Besides foreign assistance, Ayub Khan had the active cooperation of the bureaucracy in governing the country. Government human resources development was also prioritized during Ayub's Decade of Development, through civil service training. Development of the training institution, the Pakistan Administrative Staff College (PASC), was funded by the Ford Foundation. The term Islamic Bomb was first used in connection with Pakistan's nuclear weapon development program during the Bhutto period in the 1970s. Pakistan's nuclear program became the major irritant in its relationship with the United States after 1989.
