Yet another aid absurdity
THE Alice-in-Wonderland world of foreign aid has produced another tale of absurdity.
The time to turn off the money tap is now.
Britain is giving huge sums to Pakistan and yet only one per cent of the population there pays income tax.
Former cricketer Imran Khan, now a political leader in Pakistan, is surely right to say that while overseas aid pours in there is no incentive for the Pakistani political class to reform a corrupt and negligent tax system.
The time to turn off the money tap is now.