Washington has agreed to Islamabads request for not using the United States Agency for International Development logo or name in the USAID-funded projects in the Tribal Areas, official sources in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Civil Secretariat said.
"The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) or UN name or logo will not be used in development projects in the Pakistan's FATA," the sources said on condition of anonymity.
Strong anti-US feelings prevails in the seven Pakistani tribal districts along the Afghanistan border since the US began its anti-terrorism campaign after the ouster of the Taliban regime in Kabul in 2001.
Mentioning the names of USAID or UN would make the tribal people believe that the project was being funded by US money and would derail the whole programme, they said.
Pakistan has disagreed with a US plan of winning the hearts and minds of the tribal people like it has been doing in Afghanistan.
"We disagreed with the US, which wanted to repeat Afghanistans model in Pakistan," FATA Development Authority Chief Executive Saleem Mohmand was quoted as saying by the Daily Times newspaper on Tuesday.
He said allowing the US to execute the "hearts and minds strategy" would have undermined Islamabads presence in the Tribal Areas.
"Pakistan is not Afghanistan where the state writ is only limited to key cities," he said.
The US will spend USD 300 million on various projects, including dams, roads, schools and hospitals in the seven tribal districts of Pakistan.