ISLAMABAD, March 12: US Ambassador to Pakistan Nancy J. Powell and the Secretary for Economic Affairs Division, Dr Waqar Masood Khan, on Wednesday signed letters of agreement to initiate three US funded law enforcement projects.

Under the agreement the US government would provide approximately $30 million to assist Pakistan in its fight against crime.

The assistance would support Pakistan in organizing law enforcement projects in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and in taking up other important law enforcement reform projects. It would also help Pakistan in developing a national criminal database.

The three projects, to be funded through $30 million in US assistance — the Fata law enforcement project, the Criminal Information Database and AFIS project, and the Law Enforcement Reform Project — are integral components of the ongoing cooperative effort between the two countries to improve the overall law and order situation in Pakistan.