‘Students on HEC scholarships suffer shortage of funds’

[Lahore_Real_Estate]

KARACHI: Dr Pirzada Qasim, the Vice Chancellor of Karachi University (KU), has said Wednesday students, seeking foreign studies on Higher Education Commission (HEC) scholarship, are being humiliated enough to raise donations for meeting their educational expenses on account of lack of funds were to be provided by the commission, Geo News reported.

He feared the government-run HEC may have to face judicial case if it failed to pay off on time the dues meant for educational development plans.

“The government of Pakistan slashed HEC’s budget from 22.50 billion rupees to 18.50 billion rupees for fiscal year 2010 in March this year but despite mounting directives issued from Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, HEC has been provided mere 11 billion rupees during period from July to December 2009”, revealed the chairman of HEC Dr. Javaid Laghari.

Not a single penny has been released to HEC in last quarter for 2009 fiscal year, he maintained.