12-04-2005

Pakistanis Donate $100,000 for Jinnah Scholarship in Canada

via www.dawn.com

Pakistani community in Canada will donate additional $25,000 to raise the amount of Quaid-I-Azam Muhammad Ali Jnnah scholarship at the York University to $100,000. Ghalib Iqbal handed over cheques to winners of the Jinnah essay contest of York University students. Khalid H. Khan, a Canadian of Pakistani origin, was declared the winner and was given a cheque of $1,000. Merdan Arazgeldiyev, a political science student from Turkmenistan, received a cheque for $500 for his second position. Visa facilitation for the students intending to go to US for higher studies would soon be initiated