Times of Islamabad

Pakistan gives full higher education scholarships to 56 Afghan students

Pakistan gives full higher education scholarships to 56 Afghan students

KABUL – Fifty-six Afghan students were invited to a lunch by Islamabad’sAmbassador to Kabul on Thursday before they left for Pakistan to study forMaster’s, MPhil and PhD degrees on complete scholarships that thegovernment of Pakistan granted them.

Pakistan’s envoy to Kabul Zahid Nasrullah Khan invited 56 Afghan studentswho were awarded full scholarship by the Pakistani government to obtainpost-graduate degrees, revealed a press release by the Pakistan embassy inKabul.

Moreover, it was revealed that around 20 students hailing from the field ofagriculture were awarded scholarships given to the Afghan Ministry ofAgriculture.

The envoy addresses the event and highlighted the Pakistani government isdevoting in the advancement of Afghanistan’s human resources in the hopesof it being beneficial for the country in the future, symbolizing thehistoric and amicable ties between the two neighbouring nations.