Sindh assembly website shuts as US aid contract expires
November 9th, 2009 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANSKarachi, Nov 9 (IANS) The website of the legislative assembly of Pakistan’s Sindh province has stopped functioning after United States Agency for International Development (USAID) ended its aid contract, an official said.
Assembly Secretary Hadi Bux Buriro told The News newspaper Sunday that the two-year project was funded by USAID and its term has now expired.
Jeremiah A. Knight, the spokesperson for the US Embassy in Islamabad, expressed inability to provide any information about the possible ending of the project. He said that although USAID is a US government agency, there was a separate staff at the embassy dealing with its projects.
The Sindh assembly’s website was part of US government’s $9.3 million Pakistan Legislative Strengthening Project that was launched in four provincial and national assemblies.
Various citizens groups have expressed concern over the sudden shutting down of the website.
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