HEC announces local, foreign scholarships for Balochistan

Students having domicile of province can pursue LLB, LLM and PhD degrees

ISLAMABAD:

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has invited students from Balochistan to apply for LLB, LLM and PhD scholarships for studying at local as well as foreign institutions.

The students having domicile or local certificate of Balochistan can apply for scholarships to pursue their Indigenous LLB (5 years), Indigenous LLM, Foreign LLM, and Foreign PhD studies.

Those students who fulfil the eligibility criteria for the respective category can apply online through HEC’s e-portal, while the applicants will be required to obtain 50 percent marks (Accumulative Test Score) in the aptitude test.

Specifying ages for the programmes, the HEC said the maximum age limit for LLB studies is 25 years, for LLM 30 years, and for PhD 35 years.

Meanwhile, the commission also stated the educational background for the admission, saying for LLB studies, the candidates must have completed 12 years of education with at least 50 percent marks in the intermediate or equivalent examination; for LLM and PhD studies, the applicants must have completed LLB and LLM, respectively, from HEC recognised degree awarding institutions with at least 50 percent marks in bachelor degree.

The HEC further stated that candidates who are already employed or serving should be from a field related to law, while they will be required to provide NOC and avail study leave from their respective organisations.

After the selection of candidates, the applicants for the foreign scholarships will have to provide letters of admission in the top 500 universities in the QS Ranking.

Under the programme, the HEC has reserved 15 to 20 percent scholarships for the children of victims' families of the August 2016 blast in Quetta.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 7^th, 2021.