Govt allocates more funds for minorities’ scholarship

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ISLAMABAD: The government will allocate more funds for minorities’ scholarship programme official source said on Monday.

“The proposal to increase in the allocations of scholarship fund is under consideration in the Ministry and after deliberations, the same will be sent to the Finance Division for allocation in the budget for the financial year 2016-17,” a source of Ministry of Religious Affairs told media.

To a question, he said that a proposal to increase in the allocation of Minorities Welfare Fund is also under consideration in the Ministry.