UK Minister backs PM Cameron’s 650mln pounds education funding to Pakistan

London, April 07, 2011 (PPI): British Minister for Children & Families Ms Sarah Teather backed Prime Minister David Cameron’s 650 million pounds over four years in overseas funding for education to Pakistan.

She was invited to Copland School in Wembley and grilled on tuition fees, foreign policy and youth unemployment by sixth form politics students. A question was raised on Premier Cameron’s £650 million over four years in overseas funding for education to Pakistan.

Ms Teather backing proposal said: “Despite things being difficult here we are jolly lucky we are good deal luckier than many other states. Even when things are tough we ought to be continue supporting countries who are struggling. If we don’t protect and support them you are much more likely to have problems with terrorism, extremism that will then affect our own shores.

“Pakistan has had some tough times. There are people in Pakistan who don’t support the government and want to overthrow the government through means that are not democratic. There has been a lot of violence there,” she said.