Under faculty development program of Higher Education Commission (HEC), 30 scholarships have been awarded to the female faculty of Sardar Bhaudar Khan Women University (SBKWU) Quetta, the first Women University of Balochistan. According to the details, MS leading to PhD and PhD level scholarship have been awarded in three categories: overseas scholarships, split and indigenous scholarships. The awarded scholarships would cover various disciplines i.e economics, mathematics, computer Science, management science, botany and zoology etc. Addressing special scholarship award ceremony, the Vice Chancellor of SBKWU Ms. Sultana Baloch congratulated the scholarship awardees and lauded the efforts of HEC for undertaking a number of initiatives to increase access to higher education in Balochistan province.