Pakistan: Punjab Announces Free Education at Top University for Children of Laborers
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has announced free higher education to children of registered industrial and mines workers across the province.
According to the official statement, eligible students will be offered admission at COMSATS University in Islamabad and its seven sub-campuses, including Abbottabad, Wah Cantt, Attock, Lahore, Sahiwal, and Vehari.
The Punjab government will cover all tuition fees under this program.
The Punjab Workers Welfare Fund has started accepting applications on the chief minister’s directives. Children of disabled or deceased workers are also entitled to this benefit.
Application deadlines vary by campus: Islamabad (July 9), Lahore (July 17), Wah Cantt and Abbottabad (August 4), Vehari and Attock (August 11), and Sahiwal (August 15).
Reference Link:- https://propakistani.pk/2025/06/15/punjab-announces-free-education-at-top-university-for-children-of-laborers/
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
