The U.S. is ending millions of dollars in funding for Pakistan's version of Sesame Street, which began airing six months ago. Officials say... On Pakistan's 'Sesame Street,' Everything's Not A-OK The ...
Has the Pakistani version of Sesame Street fallen victim to the growing mistrust between Washington and Islamabad? Sim Sim Hamara debuted last December on state-run Pakistan Television after almost ...
A $20 million initiative to develop a Pakistani version of “Sesame Street” has been cut short due to allegations of corruption, according to a report from the AP. “Sim Sim Hamara” first aired at the ...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: The National Accountability Bureau has decided to investigate allegations of fraud in the $20 million US-funded TV programme for Pakistani children. The NAB will probe allegations ...
For a 3-year-old who has yet to master the use of the personal pronoun, Elmo is a whiz at foreign languages. Already fluent in Chinese, German, Hindi, Spanish and Arabic, among others, the fluffy red ...
US Ambassador Cameron Munter, his wife Dr Marilyn Wyatt and Consul General Nina Fite visited the Sim Sim Hamara set at Pakistan Children's Television (PCTV) to reaffirm the US government's commitment ...
Sim Sim Hamara is the Pakistani version of the children's television series Sesame Street. In April 2011, USAID announced that it would fund $20 million to start a local version of Sesame Street in ...
“This is a highly sensitive issue; we cannot overstep the line and speak beyond what is appropriate”. This is one of the few answers I received from the USAID officials when I started my investigation ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has cancelled funding for Pakistan's version of the children's television series "Sesame Street," saying on Tuesday it had received credible allegations of ...
U.S. officials have cut $20 million in funding to the Pakistani version of ‘Sesame Street,” called “Sim Sim Hamara” amid allegations of corruption and fraud. U.S. Agency for International Development ...
Baily the donkey (right) and Munna, characters from the Pakistani version of Sesame Street, perform at the launch ceremony for the show, Sim Sim Hamara, at Rafi Peer Theater Workshop in Lahore, Nov.