Pakistan, June 11 -- The Federal Government has allocated Rs. 39,488 million under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the 128 ongoing and 12 new schemes of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) during the fiscal year 2025-26.

According to the budget document issued here on Tuesday, around Rs.38,488.216 million has been earmarked for the ongoing schemes and Rs 1000 million for the new schemes.

Among the ongoing schemes, an amount of Rs. 500 million is allocated for Award of Allama Muhammad Iqbal 3000 scholarships to Afghan students (Prime Minister's Directive), while Rs 200 million have been reserved Construction of Academic Block, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU), Islamabad (Revised).

Similarly, Rs ...