ISLAMABAD: Balochistan High Court (BHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Muhammad Noor Meskanzai and the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Dr Mukhtar Ahmed held a meeting on Thursday and discussed issues pertaining to higher education in Balochistan.
Talking to the chief justice, who visited the HEC office, Dr Ahmed shared details about the initiatives and achievements of HEC with regard to the promotion of higher education in less developed areas of Pakistan.
He said HEC had launched a project to establish university sub-campuses in remote areas of the country. “HEC is committed to setting up a university sub-campus in each district of Pakistan,” he stated.
Dr Ahmed informed that exclusive programmes for Balochistan have also been initiated by the commission. He said the ‘Provision of Higher Education Opportunities for students of Balochistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Phase-II’ had been launched, under which a total of 3,900 students from Balochistan and FATA would be provided financial support to acquire quality education.
He added that HEC would provide 100 scholarships to graduates from Balochistan in law education. Under the project, 50 five-year LLB and 10 LLM scholarships would be awarded to students from Balochistan to study in Pakistani universities, while 30 students from the province would be sent abroad for LLM, and 10 students would be given the chance to pursue PhD studies.
The Balochistan chief justice assured the HEC chairman that issues regarding requisition of land for universities would also be discussed to ensure that world-class education was accessible to all.
