Ihsan Trust - A Beacon of Hope for Higher Education in Pakistan.

Byline: FAYYAZ UR REHMAN KHAN

Pakistan - a country of over 220 million souls, although being the 05th (fifth) largest (Population wise) country of the world, yet it has not been able to fully tap the potential and resources and has literacy rate being less then 60%. Accordingly, the percentage of population seeking/getting Higher Education is much, much lower.

As such, there's no dearth of talent and genius minds in the country, the access to Higher Education has always remained a big hurdle keeping in view access to the universities (geographical area wise population distribution), the fee structures, lack of information etc. Although the public sector Universities and Higher Education Institutes in the country have highly subsidized fee structure, yet these have never been able to accommodate all the students seeking Higher Education. Also, most of the sought after and top universities of the country are in Private sector with fees much higher than public sector universities. Even in public sector universities, a certain portion is reserved for getting admission on 'Self Finance' basis and that fee is relatively higher and often unaffordable to the students.

Universities like Ghulam Ishaq Khan University, LUMS, IBA, NUST, Habib University, KSBL Aga Khan University, etc are considered as the best universities in the country but they do have higher fee structures as well. These universities do provide lots of scholarships and grants, still the requirement for financial assistance is huge.

In this scenario, one of the biggest ray of hope and light for the students has been 'Ihsan Trust' - A Beacon of Hope for Higher Education in Pakistan.

Founded and Registered as a Trust in Jan 2010 (under Trust Act 1882), Ihsan Trust (IT) is basically a 'WAQF' which has so far enlightened the lives of many needy but talented students and because of Ihsan Trust's assistance, a lot of families have come out of the vicious poverty cycle. The aim of IT is to reach out and help the poor and needy without any religion, cast, gender discrimination etc so as to take care and look after their well being and to encourage the socio-economic uplift of the low-income community and to increase the economic prosperity of the society, ultimately contributing towards the betterment of our beloved country Pakistan.

Ihsan Trust is fully working on its mission to provide assistance to the students (lacking financial resources) seeking higher education across Pakistan. It has...