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UAE funds US$ 38 million Wana-Angoor Ada highway South Waziristan
posted on 15/01/2012: 52 views
Islamabad - The construction of a strategic highway between Wana and Angoor Ada, South Waziristan, Pakistan, will be funded by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) through the Khalifa Bin Zayed Foundation, the UAE Project to Assist Pakistan has announced.
The US$38 million Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Wana-Angoor Ada Highway will be completed by the beginning of next year 2013, according to Abdullah Al-Ghafli, Director of the UAE Project to Assist Pakistan (UAE PAP), in a speech at a ceremony in Islam Abad to mark the first anniversary of the UAE PAP.
An agreement on the construction of the highway was signed by the management of UAE PAP and the competent Pakistani authorities during the ceremony. Funding of the 50 kilometre vital road was instructed by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
In attendance at the ceremony were Director of the UAE PAP Abdullah Khalifa Al Ghafli, Major General Zahir Shah, Commander of the GOC 45th Engineers Division of the Pakistani Armed Forces, Ambassador of the UAE to Pakistan Eissa Basha Al-Nuaimi, Zahid Ali Shah, Environment Minister of the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, senior officials, members of diplomatic missions, representatives of Pakistani and international humanitarian organisations.
In remarks at the ceremony, Al-Nuaimi said the new project reflects the deep-rooted and long standing relations between the UAE and Pakistan, He reiterated the UAE's commitment of the UAE's leadership, namely President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi '&' Deputy Supreme Commander of UAE Armed Forces, to assisting reconstruction and development efforts in Pakistan.
In doing so, the UAE's leadership are following in the footsteps of the late founding father Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan who laid the foundations for the strong bilateral relations between the two courtiers, according to the UAE diplomat.
"The UAE PAP represents a landmark in relations with Pakistan and is among the pioneering efforts launched in South Asia in response to the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals , the UAE is now the top donor of assistance to Pakistan," he added.
In a presentation on the UAE's efforts for Pakistan, Abdullah Al-Ghafli noted that UAE's PAP, along with infrastructure development, is constructing 51 projects including 41 schools, 10 institutes and colleges.
He also noted that PAP is planning to build new model schools with a total cost of around US$26 million.
For his part, Major General Zahir Shah said that with US$ 110 million in total value, the UAE's Project to Assist Pakistan is giving positive results in Pakistan's targeted sectors such as education, water, transport and public health.
He conveyed greetings for His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed from General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff. - Emirates News Agency, WAM
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