On Wednesday, Pakistan urged the United States to move up the number of scholarships for Pakistani students and expand the scale of the US Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) programme. In his meeting with USEFP Executive Director Rita Bruun Akhter, Director General (Americas) Mudassir Tipu said:” Pakistan is keen to strengthen and expand engagement with the USEFP to explore diverse and vibrant opportunities for Pakistani students who wish to study in the leading universities of the US.” He proposed that USEFP might explore an increasing number of scholarships for Pakistani students as well as the scale of the programme.
