Foreign assistance: UAE announces $1.2m new projects

The initiative aims to provide modern facilities to people, in addition to securing basic services for the community.


APP December 30, 2013

ISLAMABAD: The administration of the UAE Project to Assist Pakistan (UAE PAP) has announced the launch of new projects to provide pure drinking water in Pakistan at a cost of $1.2 million, Khaleej Times reported on Sunday. The initiative aims to provide modern facilities to people, in addition to securing basic services like roads, bridges, education, health and water for the community. The administration of the UAE PAP pointed out that the new projects mark the commencement of the second phase of its working plan. In a statement, the UAE PAP said that it had approved and started work on the new projects, in addition to establishing water treatment and purification plants and extending delivery networks to provide water to 12 villages in remote areas in North Waziristan. It also aims to secure basic needs of clean water for people in remote areas.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 30th, 2013.

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