Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A meeting was held at the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training to discuss the initiative to offer 300 fully funded scholarships in various disciplines for students of Bangladesh, through a consortium of leading Pakistani universities, under the umbrella of the Pakistan-Bangladesh Friendship Scholarship Program.The consortium includes International Islamic University, Islamabad; National University of Sciences & Technology, Islamabad; COMSATS University, Islamabad; National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad; National University of Computer & Emerging Science Islamabad; Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore; National College of Arts, Lahore; Pakistan Institute of Fashion & Design, Lahore; University of Lahore, Lahore; Superior University, Lahore; National Textile University, Faisalabad; Aga Khan University, Karachi; and Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology, Topi.Chaired by Secretary, Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, Mohyuddin Ahmad Wani, the meeting was attended by Prof. Dr. Zia Ul-Qayyum, Executive Director, Higher Education Commission (HEC), the representative of High Commissioner of Pakistan to Bangladesh, and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the consortium of leading Pakistani universities.
