EU will extend assistance of 225 million Euro to Pakistan

European Union (EU) will extend 225,000,000 Euro assistance to Pakistan under 3-year Economic Programme while Germany will provide 7800,000 Euro to reform education, energy, health sectors and administrative machinery.
Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Sheikh and German minister for economic cooperation and development signed a bilateral economic cooperation agreement in a ceremony held here at the Finance Ministry Friday.
Talking to members of German delegation ahead of signing ceremony of agreement, Abdul Hafiz Sheikh said Pakistan attached vital importance to its relations with Germany and added that Germany and EU were playing pivotal role in the economic development of Pakistan.