Japan gives $2.3m grant to Pakistan for human resource development.

ISLAMABAD -- The Japanese government Tuesday extended grant assistance of Japanese Yen 313 million (approximately $2.3 million) to Pakistan for the project for Human Resource Development Scholarship.

According to a press statement issued by the Economic Affairs Division, through this scholarship, the government of Japan would provide 17 scholarships for a two-year master's degree programme and one scholarship for a three-year doctoral programme to the officers of the federal government of Pakistan at top Japanese universities.

This programme was introduced for the first time in Pakistan in 2018.

The main objective of the programme is to strengthen the administrative capacities of the government of Pakistan by providing the opportunity to obtain...