The US has said it would establish "benchmarks" for Pakistan for the proposed tripling
of the civilian aid to Islamabad and military assistance to help it fight terrorists.
"I think you would expect when the US taxpayer is providing money -- assistance to a country, that we want to make sure that we're not only getting our money's worth but
that certain things that we care about, we want to see that they be dealt with," state department spokesman Robert Wood told reporters.
"So we have said, we will provide and would like to provide USD 1.5 billion over a five-year period to Pakistan, but, clearly, we want there -- we are going to establish
benchmarks. We want to see certain standards and goals met," Wood said.
"That's something you would expect that we would -- we would be willing do," Wood said in response to a question. The US-Pakistan relations have strained in recent times
as Islamabad and Washington have differences over a number of issues including US drone attacks in NWFP and India's enhanced role in Afghanistan.
Pakistan has also gone ahead to implement the peace deal with the Taliban in the Swat Valley against the wishes of the Obama Administration.
