According to a senior source, Pakistan has approved a Rs11.2 billion ($63 million) education package for Afghan students and wants to create a university campus in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital.
On condition of anonymity, a senior Pakistani government official told Anadolu Agency that the package “includes 3,000 scholarships, free training with stipends for 5,000 Afghan nationals, free training for 150 Afghan teachers, 100 nursing diploma scholarships, and the establishment of an AIOU (Allama Iqbal Open University) regional campus in Kabul to improve the education sector and skill development.”
President Arif Alvi is the chancellor of the AIOU in Islamabad, which is the country’s largest university.
