Pakistan Development Projects in Afghanistan reached $1 Billion Dollars

[Lonewarrior]

in June last year, Pakistan’s development assistance to Afghanistan reached US$ 1 billion.

Pakistan’s Development Assistance

In June last year, Pakistan’s development assistance to Afghanistan reached US$ 1 billion. The country’s development assistance is geared towards investment in infrastructure, education, health, agriculture and capacity building of Afghan professionals. Pakistan has setup healthcare facilities in Afghanistan including three hospitals, i.e., 200-bed Jinnah Hospital Kabul, 80-bed Nishtar Kidney Center in Jalalabad and 100-bed Naib Aminullah Khan Logar Hospital. Jinnah hospital Kabul and Nishtar Kidney center have been handed over to Afghanistan. Pakistan’s infrastructure projects in Afghanistan include Torkham-Jalalabad Road (75 Km), Torkham-Jalalabad Additional Carriage way (73 Km), 15 Weigh Bridges, donation of road construction machinery, construction of internal road in Jalalabad and donation of telecom and electricity system.

Besides providing scholarships to almost 4000 Afghan students, Pakistan has constructed Rehman Baba School and Hostel in Kabul, Allama Iqbal Faculty of Arts at Kabul University, Sir Syed Science Block at Nangarhar University Jalalabad and Liaqat Ali Khan Engineering Block at Balkh University in Mazar-e-Sharif. Pakistan is also providing 3,000 fully-funded scholarships to Afghan students. Selection test of the first batch of the Afghan students for 3,000 scholarships was conducted last year. Responding to demand from Afghanistan, we have added categories of Masters and PhD programs. of 3000 students was made in Pakistan has pledged US $ 2 million for the Afghan students to pursue business management degrees at the Lahore University of Management Science (LUMS). Around 50,000 Afghans who studied in our educational institutions are currently serving their country.

Pakistan is also assisting Afghanistan in capacity building in the fields of agriculture, banking, railways, military and diplomacy. The government initiated capacity building projects for Afghan healthcare professionals, under which 59 Afghan medical professionals including doctors, nurses, and technicians successfully completed their training in 2017. In addition, 42 Afghan healthcare professionals have started training at Institute of Kidney Diseases, Peshawar.

http://mofa.gov.pk/testing-language/#:~:text=Pakistan's%20infrastructure%20projects%20in%20Afghanistan,of%20telecom%20and%20electricity%20system.

 

[Giannis]

Meh

I think poor countries like India and Pakistan should spend that money in their own countries.

 

[PakLFC]

Forget any progress in Afghanistan until there is peace. We seem obsessed with what is happening next door.

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

A great and honorable initiative by Pakistan.

Hospitals and schools over consulates any day!

 

[Saj]

Shouldn't that money have been better spent within Pakistan?

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

99% has gone to Taliban.

 

[MenInG]

99% has gone to Taliban.

as opposed to the pockets of corrupt Afghan Govt which conveniently consumed God knows how much of the US Tax payers money and is unable to defend the country.

 

[MenInG]

Shouldn't that money have been better spent within Pakistan?

Lesson learnt - but then keeping Afghanistan stable is also good for us.

 

[Bewal Express]

99% has gone to Taliban.

Even if this was true, 1bn against 2 trillion. Only a slight disparity

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

What a waste of taxpayer money. So many poor people in Pakistan, why is the government donating to another country. That too one which does not like Pakistan.

 

[Bewal Express]

What a waste of taxpayer money. So many poor people in Pakistan, why is the government donating to another country. That too one which does not like Pakistan.

A stable Afghanistan that doesn't have Ind proxies is in PKs interest. But I take your point.