Media Coordin-ator to Prime Minister, Khawaja Rizwan Alam, has said an amount of Rs 189.29 million will be disbursed as interest-free loans to deserving students for higher studies within Pakistan for the 2009-2010 session as approved by the apex committee for Student Loan Scheme.
He told newsmen here on Tuesday that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has asked the Higher Education Commission to frame the recommendations to facilitate the students who wanted to get higher education. On the recommendations of Higher Education Commission, the apex committee met under the chairmanship of SBP deputy governor, Yaseen Anwar and approved the interest free loans that will be given to 1,436 deserving students in different disciplines from all over the country for pursuing graduation, masters and PhD studies for the 2009-2010 session.