Annual Reports
PC&PE: Future planned increases in UK development assistance to Pakistan should be conditional on action by the Government of Pakistan to increase the proportion of GDP it collects in tax from the wealthy. In future the UK’s aid programme to Pakistan must also focus more closely on supporting the rule of law & anti-corruption efforts.
Launching the report of an inquiry that examined the scale & efficacy of the UK Government aid programme to Pakistan, Sir Malcolm Bruce, Chair of the House of Commons’ International Development Select Committee said:
“There is a powerful case for maintaining the UK‘s bilateral aid to Pakistan. Britain enjoys a close relationship and has long established ties with Pakistan which has real poverty and serious security problems ….. But the Committee is concerned that not enough tax is raised in Pakistan to fully finance improvements in the quality of life for poor people”.
