Pakistan awards scholarships to Sri Lankan students in field of medicine

The Government of Pakistan through its High Commission in Sri Lanka has awarded higher education scholarships to nine Sri Lankan students in the field of medicine in top Pakistani institutions under Pakistan Technical Assistance Programme (PTAP) for Sri Lanka.

The High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka Dr. Shahid Ahmad Hashmat met the students at the High Commission of Pakistan and congratulated them on their selection for higher education in Pakistan.

The High Commissioner emphasised the importance of collaboration between the two friendly countries for the upliftment of people. 

He further said that these scholarships are offered with the objective to support Sri Lankan students to continue their higher studies, create new professional relationship and bilateral communication between the institutions of the two countries.