Daily Times

Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif launched Pakistan’s biggest Honhaar scholarship at Punjab University. She formally inaugurated the Honhaar scholarship scheme by distributing cheques among the students. She also launched an e-portal for Honhaar scholarship scheme. Students who receive Honhaar scholarships will be able to receive scholarships on the e-portal. She also announced foreign scholarships for students.

She directed to launch laptop scheme for students in January and further directed to undertake steps to provide additional e-bikes to students. A smart police contingent presented a guard of honor to the students getting Honhaar scholarships.

The Chief Minister while addressing the launching of Honhaar scholarship said, “Honhaar scholarship is a recognition of students’ abilities. Giving students a guard of honor recognizes their hard work. Today I am addressing the children not as the Chief Minister but as a mother. No one can be more happier than me today for the children getting scholarships. Students are my foremost priority than their parents. I think of every child of Punjab as a mother and not as a CM. Honhaar scholarship marks the start of a bright of children. No child of Punjab will be deprived of education due to lack of financial resources after getting admission in the university. I deem education of children as my responsibility more than their parents.”

She said, “70 thousand students applied for Honhaar scholarship. 30 thousand students are being given scholarships. I do not want even a single day of break in the education of children. That’s why, I ensured implementation of the scholarship scheme within 9 months. Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat, Secretary Higher Education Dr. Farrukh Naveed worked hard with a great amount of dedication and made the Honhaar Scholarship Scheme successfull. For the first time, the scholarship scheme includes students from private and government universities. Admission of talented students to a good university is my dream and responsibility as well. I felt pleased to hear that 18,000 female students are among those for receiving scholarships. The female students remain deprived of opportunities due to social restrictions, but now they will move forward.”