The Punjab University (PU) Friday started interviews of deserving students to provide them with Higher Education Commission (HEC) need-based scholarships for their financial assistance.
A meeting was presided over by PU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood in which Director Planning and Development Prof Dr Hafiz Anwaar, eminent social activist Raja Munawar and Treasurer’s staff participated. Addressing the meeting, the VC said that PU would continue to play an active role to provide financial assistance to deserving students for continuation of their higher education. He said that despite the lack of financial resources, the graduates of PU were serving all over the world adding that due to the education-friendly policies of PU administration, the QS had declared PU the most-improved university in Asia. Meanwhile, interviews were conducted for providing scholarships to the deserving students of various departments. A ceremony was held at the Punjab University Vice Chancellor office’s committee room here on Friday for signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the PU and the Lahore LEADS University (LLU), to promote academic and research activities. PU VC Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood, LLU VC Prof Dr Nadeem Bhatti and others were present. According to the MoU, both universities would jointly work to strengthen academic relations between institutions of both universities.
