TOBA TEK SINGH: Up to 1,868 students of the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, got scholarships worth Rs171 million under the HEC Benazir Undergraduate Scholarship programme.

UAF VC Prof Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan disbursed cheques at a cere-mony on Monday at the UAF.

He said that under this programme, UAF`s 3,500 students were already being benefited. He said the university was providing scholarships to thousands of students to continue their journey of education and progress. There is a need to tap the potential.

Rao Muhammad Azhar lauded the efforts of UAF for being everfirst agriculture university in the sub-continent that had played a pivotal role in the development of the sector.

Financial Assistance Director Prof Dr Muhammad Ahsan Khan said that the university always lends a helping hand to needy students so that they could continue their journey of education and play their due role in the development.