Rector IIU-Prof. Dr. Masom Yasinzai- met with the Managing Director Pakistan Bait-Ul-Mal Mr. Aon Abbas- at Head office of Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal here in Islamabad.
Prof. Dr. Masom Yasinzai thanked the Managing Director Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal for the award of scholarships to IIU’s students. The Rector IIU highlighted the larger number of students in IIU who belong to the far flung backward and poor areas of Pakistan. Rector drew the attention of the Managing Director Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal to the poor and deserving students of IIU and requested for an increase in number of scholarship quota. The Managing Director Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal welcomed the IIU Rector’s initiative and said that Rs. 10 millions be awarded to IIU as scholarship for the needy and destitute students. IIU will constitute a committee to short list the students and ensure that the scholarship reach the real deserving students.
Rector IIU also discussed the possibilities of joint seminars, workshops, conferences and research studies with Pakistan Bait Ul Mal. The Managing Director agreed to designate a focal person who deal with the IIU scholarships and related joint activities.
The Rector IIU was accompanied by Dr. Hazir Ullah- Dy. Dean Social Sciences and Ms. Nuzhat Additional Director Finance IIU.