ISLAMABAD: (HRNW) Federal Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal, has announced that the government has decided to provide 20,000 scholarships to unemployed graduates of the country.
He made the announcement while addressing an International summit on higher education and workforce development in Islamabad.
“The govt has decided to provide 20000 scholarships to unemployed graduates,” he said, adding that the federal government was committed to providing the underprivileged class access to education.
Ahsan Iqbal further announced that scholarships will also be awarded to the students of far-flung areas of the country under Youth Development Initiatives (YDI), recently launched by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The summit was attended by US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome, Senator of Utah State, Dr. Keith Grover, chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) and others.