Chairman Larger Training Fee (HEC), Dr Mukhtar Ahmed on Monday introduced the launching of induction for the fifth batch of Allama Iqbal Scholarships on February 24 through the Pakistan Larger Training Expo in Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankan college students aspiring to review in Pakistan beneath this scholarship programme will have the ability to apply on-line, he underlined throughout a welcome ceremony held in honour of the Sri Lankan college students finding out in Pakistani universities beneath Allama Iqbal Scholarships for Sri Lankan College students.
The ceremony was held on the Governor Home, Sindh the place Governor Sindh Muhammad Kamran Khan Tessori was the chief visitor.
The Allama Iqbal Scholarships for Sri Lankan College students is a part of the Pak-Sri Lanka Larger Training Cooperation Programme, being executed by the Larger Training Fee (HEC), Pakistan.
Talking on the event, the Chairman HEC knowledgeable the viewers that HEC is providing 1,000 scholarships to Sri Lankan college students.
He stated that 350 fully-funded scholarships have already been awarded to Sri Lankan college students who’re finding out in prime Pakistani universities.
Addressing the scholars, Tessori make clear the significance of bilateral relations between Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
He urged the schools to increase most amenities to worldwide college students. He suggested the scholars to study in regards to the Pakistani languages and tradition and take again good recollections of Pakistan with them.
The Consul Basic of Sri Lanka to Pakistan thanked the Authorities of Pakistan for extending sturdy help to Sri Lankan college students.
He additionally appreciated the Authorities of Pakistan’s efforts to keep up the Buddhist and Gandhara civilizations in Pakistan. He additionally highlighted the salient options of bilateral pleasant relations between Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Principal Secretary to Governor Sindh Dr Syed Saif ur Rehman additionally expressed his views on the event. Consul Basic Sri Lanka and Vice Chancellors of Sindh universities attended the ceremony.