Pakistan has enough money to build nuclear weapons, but they don’t have the cash for kids show”
This is outrageous any way you look at it, and it shows Washington still doesn’t get it.
BBC reports the United States is funding a Pakistani remake of the popular TV children's show Sesame Street.
In a new effort to win hearts and minds in Pakistan, USAID - the development arm of the US government - is donating $20m (£12m) to the country to create a local Urdu version of the show.
The project aims to boost education in Pakistan, where many children have no access to regular schooling.
The show is to be filmed in Lahore and aired later in the year.
"The programme is part of a series of ventures that is aimed at developing the educational infrastructure in the country," Virginia Morgan, a spokesperson for USAID, told the BBC.
"Education is one of the vital sectors that need help in Pakistan."
The show will be set in a village in Pakistan - rather than the streets of New York - with roadside tea shop and residents sitting on their verandas.
The remake will star a puppet called Rani, the six-year-old daughter of a peasant farmer, with pigtails and a school uniform, according to Britain's Guardian newspaper.
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In Pakistan, a Christian woman, Asia Bibi, is facing death for breaking blasphemy law for insulting the prophet Mohamed. The United States, despite anything our president has to say is a majority Christian country. How does giving Pakistan any money for a kids show align with our values?
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