ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will ask Friends of Pakistan (FoP) to provide $500 million to $1 billion assistance for establishing 80,000-men special force equipped with the latest arms to combat militants in various parts of the country especially in volatile tribal areas, it is learnt.
Pakistan will table a ten year strategic development framework before the FoP forum for seeking $26 billion for twenty crucial projects. It will also ask the donors to provide additional $4 to $6 billion for the budgetary support and to overcome balance of payments difficulties for the next two years.
Pakistan will seek $500 to $1 billion assistance for establishing a special force, which will be given full training only to control the insurgency, a high-level official of Gilani government confided to The News in a background interview on Monday.
The major projects included in the list are construction of the Diamer-Basha dam, skill development, establishing of a special force for fighting against militants and many other projects related to the social sector. The Basha dam will be unbundled into civil works and installation of power plants.
The experts level meeting of the FoP forum, which will be held tomorrow (Wednesday) in Dubai, will fine tune the proposed strategy for taking decisions that would be tabled during the ministerial level meeting going to be held in Tokyo on April 17.
The official said that there would be two sessions held in Tokyo, during the FoP forum, one would be related to establish strategic development partnership with donor countries and that session would not be meant for making pledges.
The second session will be meant for seeking budgetary as well as balance of payment support to the tune of $4 to $6 billion for the next two years, said the official and added that these were the main reasons for co-sponsoring of the event jointly by Japan and World Bank.
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