March 21, 2003	Friday	Muharram 17, 1424

LAHORE, March 20: The Asian Development Bank will extend financial assistance of $2.5bn to Pakistan during next three years, said senior economic adviser of the bank, Naveed Hamid here on Thursday.

“ADB has been providing financial assistance of $1 billion to Pakistan annually for the last two years against annual amount of $600 million in the past,” he told the executive committee members of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry.—APP