EU to provide Pakistan Rs 3.6bn grant under Rule of Law program

The European Union (EU) will provide total grant assistance worth Euro €20 Million (Rs 3.6 Billion) for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and it’s newly merged districts (EX-FATA), as well as Balochistan.

Noor Ahmed, Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Anne Marchal, Charged’ Affaires of the European Union sign of a new EU Financing Agreement on “Rule of Law Support to Pakistan (RoL)” between the Government of Pakistan and the European Union amidst the COVID-19 crisis.

The RoL Programme will be implemented over a period of five years from 2020 to 2024. This program will support Pakistan’s efforts to improve the rule of law, access to justice, and delivery of timely justice in the two targeted provinces.

This program will also provide technical assistance and capacity building to key government institutions in the security sector and the judiciary at the federal and provincial levels.

Under this program, the police and judiciary will be supported in becoming more efficient, accessible for all, and faster in terms of procedures.

“This program aims to provide equal access to justice for all, which is a key policy of the European Union. I would particularly like to thank the Economic Affairs Division (EAD), the line ministries involved, and the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan that designed the program in close cooperation with us. We are delighted to work with our Pakistani partners to help improve the capacity of the police and judiciary to provide the services to the citizens they expect and deserve,” Anne Marchal commented.