KARACHI: US Ambassador David Hale on Thursday inaugurated Rs 24 million reconstructed Counter Terrorism Department Building.
Sindh Police Chief AD Khawaja, Counter Terrorism Department Additional Inspector General Dr Sanaullah Abbasi also attended the inaugural session.
David Hale underscored the US commitment to the fight against terrorism at the inauguration of the building (CTD).
“Today we mark the resolve of Pakistan and the United States to overcome acts of terrorism as we inaugurate this new Counter Terrorism Department building. We are proud to have contributed to the new facility and glad that it will support the Sindh Police counter-terrorism efforts,” said the American ambassador.
Ambassador Hale lauded the efforts of AD Khawaja and his team for modernising training, developing closer community relations, and enhancing security towards a goal of a peaceful and safer Sindh.
The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs works in more than 90 countries to help countries combat crime and corruption, counter drug-related crime, improve police institutions, and promote laws and court systems.
On November 11, 2010, a car bomb levelled the CTD Building, killing 21 and injuring more than 400. America has contributed Rs 24 million through the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs to help rebuild the facility so that it can again be occupied by the Sindh Police counter-terrorism investigators.
