ISLAMABAD: The US government will provide $41.8 million to improve Pakistan’s law-enforcement capability, fight narcotics trafficking and reform its criminal justice system.

A bilateral assistance agreement to this effect was signed here on Friday by US Ambassador Richard Olson and Economic Affairs Division Secretary Mohammad Saleem Sethi.

“Today is another milestone in the long-standing partnership between the United States and Pakistan,” Ambassador Olson said.

“We commend Pakistan for 32 years of work to eradicate poppy production and for the progress it has made in stemming the transit of narcotics.”

Published in Dawn, September 27th , 2014