ISLAMABAD: The US government will provide $41.8 million to improve Pakistan`s law-enforcement capability, fight narcotics trafficking and reform its criminal justice system.

A bilateral assistance agreement to this effect was signed here on Friday by US Ambassador Richard Olson and Economic Affairs Division Secretary Mohammad Saleem Sethi.

`Today is another milestone in the long-standing partnership between the United States and Pakistan,` Ambassador Olson said.

`We commend Pakistan for 32 years of work to eradicate poppy production and for the progress it has made in stemming the transit of narcotics.