The President of Pakistan has conferred Hilal-e-Quaid-e-Azam (Civil) to Administrator USAID Ms. Samantha Power on the National Day of Pakistan in recognition of her outstanding contribution towards strengthening Pakistan-U.S. relations.  

She is proponent of strong Pakistan-US cooperation in humanitarian and socio-economic sectors like health, education and climate change and promoting people to people exchanges.

Thanking the people of Pakistan for the award, Samantha Power in her video message said that the award is a testament to the enduring partnership between USAID and the Pakistani people. She highlighted the support from the highest levels of the White House and both houses of the US Congress that facilitated an assistance of 215 million dollars to the flood affected people. She also highlighted the support from private American citizens and American companies who rallied to Pakistan's aid, donating more than $37 million to support the relief efforts.

She said our mission is helping the people of Pakistan to improve water management systems, build markets for Climate Smart Agriculture technologies and techniques and mobilized climate adaptation finance under the US-Pakistan green Alliance initiative.

Congratulating Ms. Power on receiving national award of Pakistan, Ambassador to the United Statss Masood Khan said Ms. Power is a true friend of the people of Pakistan and the nation will never forget her humanitarian services at a time when we needed them the most.