ISLAMABAD: The government in Balochistan announced on Thursday it would bear the expenses, including tuition and hostel fees and a stipend, of 17 Palestinian students studying at a top medical university in the southwestern Pakistani province.
The announcement comes after the government in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province also instructed all its public educational institutions to exempt Palestinian students from tuition fees and hostel charges, and provide stipends and scholarships in light of the war in Gaza.
“Balochistan Government has issued a notification for payment of sponsorship and educational expenses of 17 Palestinian students of Bolan Medical College,” the chief minister’s office said in a statement.
“Caretaker Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Ali Mardan Domki had announced to pay the tuition fee and other expenses of the Palestinian students studying in Balochistan at the official level.”
The tuition fees of the Palestinian students would be waived and they would be paid Rs10,000 each for hostel fees and Rs25,000 for daily expenses, the statement added.
Over 300 Palestinian students are currently enrolled in Pakistani universities nationwide, including 50 in Sindh’s public educational institutions, according to the Palestinian diplomatic mission in Pakistan.
Over the years, more than 50,000 Palestinian nationals have graduated from educational institutions in Pakistan.
