Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar has said that the incumbent government is committed to invest in education sector as it has allocated a significant amount in the budget for bright future of the coming generations. Speaking at certificates awarding ceremony of Pakistan Foreign Office Women’s Association (PFOWA) in Islamabad on Monday, he said that education plays key role in developing a prosperous society and it holds key importance to invest in this sector. Ishaq Dar said that our religion Islam has also laid special emphasis over the importance of gaining education. He further underlined that other organizations and institutions devoted to humanitarian assistance and support should also focus on the financial, health and education issues faced by the people, adding that they were required to follow the precedents set by organizations like PFOWA. Commending the contributions of PFOWA for for the public welfare, the deputy prime minister said that he was pleased to learn that the Association had been serving as platform to support the needy and deserving people.

He mentioned that the PFOWA had been supporting students to pursue their Masters degrees and PhDs besides, providing them scholarships. It was not only a kind gesture but also a real service to humanity with immense rewards in the world hereafter, he added. Expressing his satisfaction, Ishaq Dar said that it pleased him immensely that such thinking existed in the ministry which was like a family. PFOWA had provided children with stationary and school bags, besides a number of scholarships and financial support to the widows and minorities. It had also made contributions for the natural calamities hit areas. The deputy prime minister informed that during 2020, he had founded two organizations for the support of orphans where about 100 children were getting education while the other entity was providing assistance in education and health sectors.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan