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US House approves amendment linking Pak aid to re-opening of NATO supply routes

      US lawmakers in the House of Representatives have voted 412-1 for an amendment that could block up to 650 million dollars in proposed payments to Pakistan , unless Islamabad lets coalition forces resume shipment of war supplies across its territory. The lawmakers were debating the National Defence Authorisation Act that seeks 642.5 billion dollars in military spending for the 2013 fiscal year, reports The Dawn. Lawmakers nearly unanimously endorsed an amendment that would block payment of some 650 million dollars in proposed Coalition Support Funds for Pakistan as long as that country's borders remain closed to shipments of supplies for international forces. Islamabad closed the frontier to NATO supply convoys after an air strike in November killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. According to U.S. officials, the two sides are on the verge of clinching a deal to reopen the supply lines. Pakistan is expected to lift the six-month blockade on NATO supplies travelling through its territory, but is still in negotiations with U.S. officials on logistics and fees. The Pakistan government has ordered officials negotiating with the U.S. to finalise an agreement as quickly as possible, to allow thousands of trucks and oil tankers to carry non-lethal supplies from Karachi to landlocked Afghanistan . With the resumption of NATO supplies, Pakistan could earn up to 1 million dollars per day.

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