ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has extended the deadline for submission of Indigenous PhD Scholarship applications till Wednesday, February 22, 2017. According to a press release on Friday, the applicants are required to submit only online application at the HEC website while the hard copy and other documents are not required at this stage. Under the scheme, applications have been invited from all over Pakistan in Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Engineering, Information Technology, Management Sciences, Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Biological Sciences, Medical Sciences and Physical Sciences. AIOU: Forty-four regional offices of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) have been geared up in order to bring the maximum number of people in the educational-net and to provide best the possible services to the students in the process of taking new admissions.