Youth have been given 100 thousands scholarship: Farrukh

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib in a press conference in Islamabad said that over a hundred thousand scholarships worth five billion rupees. He added that the scolership handered over under Kamyab Jawan Skills for All Program.

He said “thirty-eight thousand scholarships were given in Punjab, twenty thousand in Sindh, ten thousand in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, six thousand in Balochistan, two thousand each in Islamabad and Gilgit Baltistan and thirteen thousand in Azad Kashmir”.

Farukha Habib added that forty percent of these scholarships were given to women.

The Minister of State said that one hundred thousand more scholarships will also be given under this skill development program.

Later, in his remarks, Usman Dar said that under Kamyab Jawan Program, loans of two to four billion rupees are being disbursed to the youth every month and more initiatives will also be launched under Kamyab Jawan program.