Waziristan: General Raheel Sharif, Chief of Pakistani Army Staff, inaugurated on Saturday Spinkai Cadet College in South Waziristan, which was built as part of the UAE-funded Project to Assist Pakistan (PAP) at a total cost of $6.3 million (Dh23.14 million).
Spinkai Cadet College, the second of its kind built by the UAE in South Waziriztan after Wana College, offers secondary level education to 450 cadets. It is built on an 11,054 square metre plot and consists of 22 classrooms, a lecture hall, an arts hall, four fully equipped laboratories, staff and student accommodation, a dining hall and a sports hall.
The college was built in line with the directives of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and the follow up of Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, to assist the friendly people of Pakistan through a number of development and humanitarian projects.
Accompanied by Abdullah Khalifa Al Gafli, director of PAP, General Sharif unveiled the plaque of the project, amid cheers of gratitude to Shaikh Khalifa and prayers to Allah the Almighty to reward him with good health and longevity.
Addressing the ceremony, General Sharif expressed thanks and appreciation to Shaikh Khalifa and Shaikh Mohammad for their continuous support and for their humanitarian initiatives.
“When I was a small boy, my father told me about a hospital built and opened in Lahore by the late Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan. When I went to see the hospital, I was moved by the few words written on the memorial plaque — ‘A gift to Pakistan’,” he added.
