26/06/2016 01:51 AST

The UAE-Pakistan Friendship Road, funded by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development at cost of $60.6 million, has been inaugurated in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) in Pakistan.

The move follows the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and follow up by Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, to provide the humanitarian and development aid to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

The UAE-Pakistan Friendship Road, with a length of 72 km and width of 9 metres, is one of the biggest development projects in the tribal region, and links south and north of Waziristan regions. The project opened by General Raheel Sharif, Chief of Staff of the Pakistan army, in the presence of, Abdullah Khalifa Al Ghafli, Director of the UAE Project to Assist Pakistan (PAP), members of the project, senior Pakistan army officers, senior local government officials of the tribal areas, and tribal dignitaries.


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