Japan announces $ 2.4 m grant aid for JDS program in Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD -- The Government of Japan on Tuesday announced grant aid worth 313 million Japanese Yen (around 2.4 million USD) for the Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) program in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Ishii Kensuke, Charge d' Affaires ad interim of Japan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Mian Asad Hayaud Din, Secretary of Ministry of Economic Affairs, have signed the Exchange of Notes on this program. The Grant Agreement (G/A) for the aforementioned program was also signed between Adil Akbar Khan, Joint Secretary of Ministry of Economic Affairs and Kinoshita Yasumitsu, Chief Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Pakistan Office, a press release issued by the embassy of Japan here said.

JDS is designed to support social and economic development of the country by providing government officials to obtain Master's or Doctoral degree in Japan in order to strengthen the administrative capacity of officials. The participants of JDS program who are involved in formulation and implementation of policies are expected to learn in partner universities in Japan and acquire knowledge of their specialties as well as the know-how of how Japan became a country as it is today.

As JDS in Pakistan started from 2018 and has four batches in four consecutive years, the first phase...

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