US to enhance job opportunities in KP, Fata

THE FRONTIER POST

US Deputy Chief of Mission Ambassador Hoagland Thursday told the KP government officials that the United States was committed to improving infrastructure and expanding economic opportunities in KP and Fata. Ambassador Richard Hoagland in his day long visit to the provincial capital on Thursday held meetings with Governor Khyber Pakhunkwa Barrister Masood Kausar and Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti wherein he affirmed the importance of the US-Pakistan relationship and highlighted US assistance to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA, including projects to rebuild infrastructure and livelihoods in the region during his recent visit to Peshawar. Ambassador Hoagland told KP Governor Masud Kausar and Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, that the United States is committed "to helping Pakistan become a secure, economically vibrant and stable democracy and looks forward, with Pakistan, to the day that assistance is no longer needed." Ambassador Hoagland also detailed US assistance to the region, which has built more than 470 kilometers of roads, launched more than 2,000 community-based projects, provided clean drinking water for more than two million residents in the FATA, and pledged to help local officials increase educational and economic opportunities and reconnect the region to the rest of Pakistan. During brief chat with local newsmen Ambassador Hoagland highlighted the on-going cooperation between the two countries in combating terrorism: "We are working together with your leadership to realize this vision, and we are grateful for the partnership we share with the government at the national, provincial, and city level. It truly is an enduring relationship that we are building here in the Fata and KP."