PM launches Undergraduate Scholarship Program.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Imran Khan launched the 'largest ever needs-based' scholarship programme on Monday. Addressing the launching ceremony, Imran said that the programme will bring a big change in the society. He said that the best way to reduce poverty is provision of opportunities to students from poor families. He regretted that a colonial-era educational system was functioning in the country and criticised the multiple education systems which exist in Pakistan. 'Three parallel systems - English medium, Urdu medium and religious seminaries - were being run in the society which was a big injustice and no one tried to [fix it] or talk about it,' he said. 'According to the last update I received, some 800,000 students are studying under the English medium system, 30 million under Urdu medium and 2.5 million students are enrolled in madrassas,' he said.

He said that under the programme, 50,000...

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