Islamabad to launch ‘Pakistan-Bangladesh Knowledge Corridor’

Celina Ali

Zhengzhou: Coinciding with the visit of Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar to Bangladesh, Islamabad has announced to launch “Pakistan-Bangladesh Knowledge Corridor.”

According to the Foreign Office, the project envisages grant of 500 scholarships to Bangladeshi students for pursuing higher studies in Pakistan during the next five years.

A quarter of these scholarships will be awarded in the field of medicine. Additionally, trainings for 100 Bangladeshi civil servants will be arranged during the same period.

Pakistan has also decided to increase the scholarships allocated to Bangladeshi students under Pakistan Technical Assistance Program from five to twenty-five.