HEC: 2,627 scholarships in 7 years

They were awarded from the year 2000 to 2007 in various undergraduate, postgraduate, PhDs and post-doctorate schemes.

ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission has awarded 2,627 overseas scholarships from the year 2000 to 2007 in various undergraduate, postgraduate, PhDs and post-doctorate schemes of the commission, said Minister In charge of the Cabinet.

Out of these, 60% overseas scholarships were awarded to fresh graduates.

By adopting this policy of awarding scholarships to fresh graduates and employees of different organizations, the country will have a well developed human resource and educated people for socio-economic development in Pakistan.

The minister said that out of 2,627 overseas scholarships, 1,589 were awarded to students and employees belonging to Punjab, 413 to those of Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa (K-P), 364 to Sindh, 56 to Balochistan, 66 to Azad Jammu & Kashmir,  122 to Islamabad, 9 to FATA and 8 scholarships to students and employees of Gilgit-Baltistan.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 10^th, 2012.