Achievement: FATA scholar wins gold medal

Higher Education Authority (HEC) scholar from North Waziristan Agency Qudratullah has clinched a gold medal in MPhil Veterinary Clinical Medicine and Surgery from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, said a press release issued by HEC here on Tuesday.Qudratullah was selected for postgraduate scholarship programme under the HEC project “Provision of Higher Education Opportunities for Students of Balochistan and Fata” in 2008. He completed his MPhil studies with a GPA of 3.99 and also received the Certificate of Honour from the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences. “I am very thankful to the HEC for [giving me a scholarship allowing me to] pursue my MPhil degree. It is very difficult not only for me but for all students belonging to poor or middle class families to get higher education in a country where education has become too expensive,” said Qudratullah. He said that such opportunities help resolve the crisis war-ravaged areas. Federally Administered Tribal Areas, by educating their youth.




Published in The Express Tribune, September 21^st, 2011.