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ISLAMABAD, Jun 10 (APP):The Federal Government has allocated Rs. 39,488 million under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the 128 ongoing and 12 new schemes of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) during the fiscal year 2025-26.
According to the budget document issued here on Tuesday, around Rs.38,488.216 million has been earmarked for the ongoing schemes and Rs 1000 million for the new schemes.
Among the ongoing schemes, an amount of Rs. 500 million is allocated for Award of Allama Muhammad Iqbal 3000 scholarships to Afghan students (Prime Minister’s Directive), while Rs 200 million have been reserved Construction of Academic Block, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU), Islamabad (Revised).
Similarly, Rs 250 million have been allocated for development of Main Campus, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda and Rs 500 million for development of National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS), Rawalpindi (Revised).
Furthermore, Rs 611 million have been reserved for establishment of Kamyab Jawan Sports Academies (High Performance & Resource Centers) and Youth Olympics – HEC, Rs 558 million for establishment of University of Baltistan at Skardu – (Revised).
An amount of Rs 100 million has also been allocated for Fulbright Scholarship Support Program HEC-USAID (Phase-III), while Rs 2300 million are reserved for Overseas Scholarship for MS/M.Phil leading to Ph.D. in selected fields (Phase III) – HEC (Revised), Rs 3670 million allocated for Ph.D Scholarship Program under Pak-US Knowledge Corridor (Phase-I)-(Revised). It is worth mentioning here that Rs 800 million have been reserved for establishment of Pak-Korea Nutrition Centre (PKNC) to improve Child and Community Nutrition.
Among new schemes, the government has allocated Rs. 50 million reserved for Allama Muhammad Iqbal Scholarships for Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, and Friendly Countries-HEC, Rs 100 million for establishing a campus of Pakistan Institute of Fashion Design at Karachi.
Similarly, Rs 150 million have been earmarked for University Campus at Muzaffargarh and UVAS Campus Pattoki with Rs 150 million.