Scholarships.

I am to draw the attention of authorities concerned in the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony regarding their recent advertisement for financial year 2019-20 scholarships for Minority students. According to details only those students are eligible for scholarship whose parent's monthly income is Rs- 10, 000/- for school level and Rs- 20, 000/- for college level. Surprisingly, this condition of parent's monthly income is going on for the last many years without keeping in view the inflation rate.

According to 2019-20 budgets, the Federal Government and the Provincial Governments of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan have raised the minimum wage for unskilled workers from Rs 15,000 to Rs 17,500 a month. The government of Sindh has raised the minimum wage from Rs 16,200 to Rs 17,000 a month. Even a general labourer is earing Rs-...