The US has terminated funding for a $US20 million project to develop a Pakistani version of Sesame Street.
The decision came as a Pakistani newspaper reported allegations of corruption by the local puppet theatre working on the initiative.
The organisation in question is the Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop, a group in the city of Lahore that jointly developed the show with Sesame Workshop, the creator of the American series.
The show, which includes Elmo and a host of new Pakistani characters, first aired at the end of last year and was supposed to run for at least three seasons.
The US hoped it would improve education in a country where one-third of primary school-age children are not in class. It was also meant to increase tolerance at a time when the influence of radical views is growing.

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