ISLAMABAD: Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar, the Minister for Economic Affairs, chaired a high-level Portfolio Review Meeting of UK-Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (UK-FCDO)’s projects in Pakistan, said a press release issued on Wednesday.
During the meeting, ongoing and pipeline projects worth of 2.2 billion pounds, and 706 million pounds respectively in Pakistan were reviewed under the UK-FCDO. The Minister for Economic Affairs appreciated and thanked the Government of the UK and the FCDO as one of the largest trading and development partners of Pakistan.
He thanked and appreciated the UK for providing assistance worth 2.6 million pounds in grant to combat the Covid-19 and two million pounds to curtail the spread of locust in the country. He also commended the UK-FCDO’s assistance to Pakistan in the education sector through KP and Punjab Education Sector Programmes, poverty reduction through Pakistan National Cash Transfer Programmes-BISP and skill development through Pakistan Skill Development Programme in the country.—PR
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