OUR STAFF REPORTER ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Tuesday said that Pakistan is carrying out reconstruction and development work in Afghanistan and pledged $ 300 million for this very purpose, and offered 2,000 fully funded scholarships to Afghan students. This he said while talking to Tadamichi Yamamoto, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan of Japan, who called on the minister. While talking to him, the Finance Minister said that an amount $ 330 million is being spent on projects like Torkham-Jalalabad Road, Nishtar Kidney Center Jalalabad, Jinnah Hospital in Kabul and educational faculties in various universities across Afghanistan. The minister also informed the Special Representative and his team members that in addition to the 2000 fully funded scholarships Pakistan has provided facilitation to 500,000 Afghan students to get enrolled in Pakistans different educational institution and higher universities. The Afghan Pakistan Transit and Trade Authority, enhancement of trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan from $ 2 billion to $ 5 billion by 2015 was also discussed in the meeting.