The United States has terminated $20 million in funding meant to develop a Pakistani version of the children’s television show Sesame Street, the U.S. Embassy said Tuesday, after a local newspaper reported accusations of corruption on the part of the show’s Lahore-based partner. (MORE: Can an Urdu Elmo Aid a Blighted Nation?) As Pakistan Today [...]
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