The United States will give $8.4 million to Pakistan through the World Food Programme to provide approximately 11,000 metric tons of wheat for over 1,600,000 people, including students of 3,200 schools. The WFP will begin distributing food aid in 12 districts in the NWFP and Balochistan this month. An agreement to this effect was signed by the United States Agency for International Development and the United Nations World Food Programme here on Thursday. US Ambassador Anne W. Patterson and Food Minister Nazar Mohammad Gondal attended the ceremony. The US grant will be a contribution to WFP