ISLAMABAD, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan will get 65 million U.S. dollars from the World Bank as additional financing for the rehabilitation of highways in the country, according to a loan agreement signed here Tuesday.

    The objective of the additional financing was to assist Pakistan with sustainable delivery of a productive and efficient national highway network in order to lower transportation costs, according to the state-run APP news agency.

    The money will be spent on improving a 550-km road, an additional 306-km road and some other road-related arrangements, the APP report said.

    The Project for the rehabilitation of highways was launched in 2004 with an initial amount of 200 million dollars provided by the World Bank with an objective to help Pakistan improve roads. Enditem