The Pakistan government has awarded fully funded scholarships to 15 Sri Lankan students to study in Pakistani institutions in the fields of Computer and Software Engineering, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Business Administration, Management Sciences, International Relations and Biochemistry, under Allama Iqbal Higher Education Scholarship Programme in order to promote mutual understanding, collaboration and exchanges in diverse areas between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, Pakistan High Commission said.
High Commissioner of Pakistan, Maj. Gen. (Retd), Dr. Shahid Ahmad Hashmat met the successful students today.
While congratulating the students, the High Commissioner said that these scholarships are offered with the objective to support Sri Lankan students to continue their higher studies and bilateral cooperation between the educational institutions of Pakistan and Sri Lanka. He urged the students to attain maximum benefits from their study in Pakistan, besides learning of Pakistani culture and language.
He also expressed the hope that the students would act as goodwill ambassadors of Sri Lanka while studying in Pakistan.
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