An irregularity has been found in disbursement of funds under Ehsaas Scholarships initiative of the federal government for students in Karachi University. It has emerged that Rs100 million funds were utilized for paying salaries of the employees of the varsity. Each student had to be given Rs40,000 under scholarship, however, KU has not disbursed the amount to students.
READ ALSO: PAKISTAN REPORTS LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN SOUTH ASIA: WORLD BANK
The HEC has also written letters to finance officials in the university regarding irregularity of the funds meant for the scholarships
There were 260 scholarships announced under phase 1 and 2 of the Ehsaas program for Karachi University which amounts to more than Rs100 million.
Source: ARY News
Inflics provides it readers the information that they need in concise and short articles, making information and news more accessible to everyone.