ISLAMABAD – The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has announced an extension in deadline for submitting applications for the Prime Minister’s youth Laptop Scheme 2025.
Under the project that aims at empowering students digitally, the governments will distribute 100,000 laptops to meritorious students studying at public sector universities across Pakistan.
The latest decision to extend the deadline has been taken to provide more time to students to submit the applications.
Eligibility Criteria for PM Laptop Scheme 2025
Students pursuing higher education in recognized public sector institutions are eligible to apply.
Students must be currently enrolled in PhD, MS/MPhil, Bachelor’s, or Master’s programs and meet specific academic requirements.
A minimum CGPA of 2.80 or 60% marks is mandatory, while first-year students need to submit their HSSC marks.
MS/PhD students in their first semester are required to submit the results of their previous degree.
Quota System
There will be a quota system in the laptop scheme, with 18% reserved for students in Balochistan’s higher education institutions and 5% for distance learning students.
Within the distance learning quota, 2.5% will be allocated to Virtual University and 2.5% to Allama Iqbal Open University.
Importantly, only currently enrolled students are eligible, and those who have already graduated are not entitled to benefit from the scheme, even if they applied during their enrollment.
Submit Application Online
Eligible students can register through Prime Minister’s Digital Youth Hub (DYH) App or Visit Prime Minister’s Youth Programme (PMYP) official website: www.pmyp.gov.pk, which is now live and operational.
Laptop Scheme 2025 Deadline
HEC in a statement said the deadline for submitting applications for PM Laptop Scheme has been extended till June 1 as previously it was May 20.
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