PAKISTAN-CHINA

Getting students back to China is a priority for minister

Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Rana Tanveer Hussain has given top priority to resolving the issue of Pakistani students who were enrolled in Chinese institutions but have been unable to return, writes Umer Jamshaid for UrduPoint.

Under the chairmanship of Rana Tanveer Hussain, a number of meetings have taken place between the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Higher Education Commission and Aviation Division, and the cultural counsellor in the Chinese embassy in order to start the return of Pakistani students to China.

At a meeting on 13 May, chaired by the minister, it was decided that the process of returning Pakistani students would be started immediately in coordination with the Chinese government. An initial list of approximately 161 students who would be returning to China was provided by the Higher Education Commission.
Full report on the UrduPoint site