UK raises number of Chevening scholars from Pakistan

Islamabad: Government of UK has further increased the number of scholars being sent on the Chevening Scholarship. This announcement was made at a series of events organized in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore.

The Chevening Scholarship is fully-funded by UK government and it permits the scholars to chase Master’s degrees in UK in a course of study of their own choice.

These 3 events were attended by departing scholars from all over the Pakistan; members of the alumni; as well as the representatives from the British High Commission.

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While addressing at one of the pre-departure events arranged in Islamabad, British Deputy High Commissioner, Patrick Moody, said

“I am very happy to announce that the number of Chevening scholars being sent from Pakistan to the UK has increased again.

The number has increased from 73 candidates in 2015 to 81 scholars in 2016. This is also the first time that we are sending a scholar from Balochistan on the Chevening-British Library Fellowship as well as a scholar from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa for The Chevening-Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS) Fellowship.

“The Chevening programme just not brings immediate benefits for the individual scholars, in terms of future career prospects and development; however, it also provides long-term benefits for both Pakistan and UK as well.”