Pakistan HC awards prestigious Jinnah Scholarships to Lankan A/L students

A special ceremony was organized by the Pakistan High Commission at BMICH Colombo recently (16) to award bright and deserving A-Level students of Sri Lanka. The ceremony was held in continuation of 76th Independence Day of Pakistan, celebrated on Aug 14. Scholarships have been awarded by the Government of Pakistan to aspiring Sri Lankan students of A & O – Level since 2006, and so far, over 2300 Sri Lankan students have benefitted from this program which is named after Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the revered founding father of Pakistan.

Pakistan High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Major General (Retd) Umar Farooq Burki HI (M) welcomed all the guest to the ceremony. He stated in his welcome remarks that Pakistan has been a proud partner of Sri Lanka in enhancing the capabilities of youth with better educational opportunities. Government of Pakistan has been providing higher education scholarships to Sri Lankan students under different scholarship programs since 1976 including Pakistan Technical Assistance Programme (PTAP) in the fields of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Engineering, and Allama Iqbal scholarships.

Major General (Retd) Umar Farooq Burki HI (M) thanked the honorable guests for gracing this auspicious occasion. He emphasized upon the importance of the bilateral relationship that both the countries enjoy and the fact that Pakistan aims at strengthening these strong ties manifolds