Embassy of the United States

Press Releases 2008

U.S. Helps Sindh Assembly Launch New Website

September 2, 2008

Karachi - The U.S. Government and the Sindh Assembly today celebrated the official launch of the Assembly’s new website.  The website is the product of a partnership between the Assembly and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a U.S. Government agency.

“The launch of this website will afford members of the public a greater understanding of how their representatives work,” said U.S. Consul General in Karachi Kay L. Anske.  “It provides them better access to the legislative process and the opportunity to be more involved in their government.”

The Sindh Provincial Assembly website (www.pas.gov.pk) contains information in English and Urdu on the Assembly, including its history, members, bills, acts, proceedings, and resolutions.   Visitors to the website can find information on the functioning of the Assembly’s Standing Committees and the committees’ activities, reports, news releases, news clippings, and photographs. The website also features an e-mail portal that allows citizens to directly contact the Assembly and engage in their government.

The U.S. Government’s $9.3 million Pakistan Legislative Strengthening Project (PLSP) funds the website. PLSP partners with Pakistan’s national and provincial legislatures to strengthen parliamentary institutions and processes.

Since 2002, the U.S. Government has provided more than $2 billion to Pakistan to improve economic growth, education, health, and governance and to assist with earthquake reconstruction.