AKPBS, NDRMF ink deal

NDRMF to promote mountain safety in Northern Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) signed Grant Implementation Agreement with a joint venture of Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) Pakistan and Aga Khan Planning and Building Services (AKPBS), for providing grant financing up to Rs579.621 million for the project titled “Promoting Integrated Mountain Safety in Northern Pakistan (PIMSNP)”.

NDRMF Programme and Operation Group General Manager Khurram Khaliq Khan and Civil Society & Habitat Rural Development Director Irshad Khan Abbasi signed the contract designed to protect and enhance resilience of communities vulnerable to the negative impacts of multiple natural hazards.

The agreed project cost is Rs834.606 million, with NDRMF share of 70%  (amounting to Rs579.621 million) and AKF share of 30% (amounting to Rs254.985 million).

Published in The Express Tribune, July 25^th, 2019.