Academic fund: Militancy-hit students awaiting aid

HEC has allocated Rs79, 267,635 for the affected students, but many of them still awaiting for their respective shares

PESHAWAR: Students belonging to different militancy-hit areas and enrolled at Agriculture University Peshawar have appealed Peshawar High Court Chief Justice and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister for compensation.  They maintained that the Higher Education Commission had allocated an amount of Rs79, 267,635 for the affected students, many of whom are still awaiting their respective shares. A military operation against terrorism affected these students.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 20^th, 2012.