Punjab announces Rs60m scholarships for 500 students

Lahore – Scholarships worth more than Rs60 million have been announced for 500 students with students from Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also benefiting from the scholarship program.

According to details, Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat has arrived in Skardu with a scholarship initiative from the Punjab government for students of Gilgit-Baltistan.

The Punjab Education Minister will distribute scholarships worth more than Rs60 million among around 500 students from seven educational institutions in Gilgit-Baltistan at a ceremony tomorrow.

Speaking to the media, Rana Sikandar Hayat said that the Punjab government does not believe in any kind of discrimination in education. He said Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif believes in providing equal educational opportunities to young people from all provinces.

He said that under the Chief Minister Punjab’s Honhaar Scholarship Scheme, quotas have been allocated for students from all provinces and students from Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are currently benefiting from the program.

The provincial education minister announced that he would visit Azad Kashmir within the next few days to provide scholarships to its students as well. He said that every promise made by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz to the youth of Azad Kashmir would be fulfilled.