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UPDATED: 07 May 2009 GMT
  • Lahore, April 22, 2009 – One of the prize winners of a poster exhibit “Lahore – My City” explaining the idea behind his poster to U.S. Consulate Principal Officer Bryan Hunt. Poster Exhibit “Lahore – My City”

    U.S. Consulate Principal Officer Bryan Hunt remarked that he was “amazed by the students’ talent” as he inaugurated the “Lahore – My City” poster exhibition at the City Museum and announced the winners.

  • US Deputy Secretary of State for Management & Resources, Jacob Lew, and Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance, Shaukat Tarin, signed a Joint Statement of Collaboration for USAID’s three-year, $24 million, Energy Efficiency and Capacity Building project. Pak-U.S. Collaboration for $24m Energy Project

    A Joint Statement of Collaboration was signed between the United States Government and the Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs Revenue & Statistics, Government of Pakistan. The signing marked the announcement of the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) 3-year, $24 million Energy Efficiency ...

  • The U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Jacob J. Lew, handing over a grant document amounting to $100,256 to the President of Kashf Foundation, Roshaneh Zafar, to launch a microfinance program catering to rural women. U.S.-Funded Grant For Economic Betterment of Women

    The OneWoman Initiative announced that Pakistan’s Kashf Foundation received a $100,256 grant funded by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development. This grant will be used to launch a microfinance program catering to rural women, allowing them to become self-sufficient ...

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Delegation of Pakistani Entrepreneurs to Visit US
A high-powered delegation of Pakistani entrepreneurs will visit New York and Washington, DC from April ...

Delegation of Pakistani Entrepreneurs to Visit US

U.S. Condemns Killings of Baloch Leaders
We condemn the recent killings of three Baloch leaders. One of the individuals, Ghulam Mohammed Baloch ...

U.S. Condemns Killings of Baloch Leaders

U.S. Embassy Statement on Release of John Solecki
We welcome the release of American United Nations worker John Solecki and deeply appreciate the efforts...

U.S. Embassy Statement on Release of John Solecki

A New Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Please be seated. Before I begin today, let me acknowledge, first of all ...


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Islamabad, March 26, 2009 – U.S. Ambassador Anne W. Patterson speaking at the launch of $75 million “Pre Service Teachers Education in Pakistan (Pre-STEP) program.

Ambassador Patterson Launches $75 Million Education Program in Pakistan
Ambassador Anne W. Patterson, along with the Ministry of Education and the Higher Education Commission, officially launched the Pre-Service Teacher Education Program (Pre-STEP) in Pakistan. This is a $75 million program over five years. USAID, the Ministry of Education, and the Higher Education Commission signed a Memorandum ...

USAID Pakistan Deputy Mission Director Joseph Williams presenting a token check to the WFP Director of Operations, Ramiro Lopes Da Silva, at the signing ceremony of an agreement to help ease Pakistan’s food crisis.

U.S. Provides $22.4 million Grant in Food Aid to Assist with Food Crisis
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations World Food Program announced the signing of an agreement valued at $22.4 million to help ease Pakistan's food crisis. USAID/Pakistan Deputy Mission Director Joseph Williams speaking at the signing ceremony said that "this Food Security Relief Program will ...

The USAID Mission Director, Anne Aarnes, speaking at the launching ceremony of Pakistan’s National Professional Standards for Teachers Program. Photo also shows Federal Minister for Education Mir Hazar Khan Bijrani and UNESCO Director Maurice Robson.

USAID Launches Training Program For Teachers
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director, Ms. Anne Aarnes congratulated the Ministry of Education for the launch of Pakistan's National Professional Standards for Teachers program.

USAID Pakistan Mission Director Anne Aarnes and Additional Secretary, Ministry of Special Initiatives, Shafqat Hussain Naghmi shake hands after signing a Memorandum of Understanding to support the Pakistani Government’s Clean Drinking Water Project.

U.S. And Pakistan Sign MOU To Support Clean Drinking Water
The United States Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) Ministry of Special Initiatives, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the Pakistani Government's Clean Drinking Water Project.

Peshawar, January 26, 2009 – U.S. Ambassador Anne W. Patterson shakes hands with a child recipient of the high nutrient biscuits provided to the Commission of Afghan Refugees by the U.S. government.

United States Provides Nutritional Biscuits To Children at Kacha Ghari IDP Camp
Anne W. Patterson, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, handed over 32,400 packets of high nutrient biscuits to the Commission of Afghan Refugees to be distributed to families at the Kacha Ghari Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp. The donation, made in collaboration with VITA, Pakistan Limited, a Lahore-based company, is intended to nutritionally ...