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Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) 

Scholarships

Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) is established under the Emigration Ordinance, 1979 and registered under Companies Ordinance on 8th July, 1979 as a Company Limited by Guarantee. The Board of Governors is supreme body and all operations of OPF are managed under overall control of the Board and policy directions from the Federal Government of Pakistan.

The Punjab Educational Endowment Fund (PEEF) is an initiative of the Government of Punjab under the leadership of Chief Minister, Mr. Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif. The Punjab Educational Endowment Fund is established with the objective of providing scholarships/monetary assistance to talented and needy students for pursuing quality education with equal opportunities. The PEEF was initially established with seed money Rs 2.00 billion in 2011, which now has been raised to more than Rs 17.00 billion.

Since its establishment in 2009, the PEEF has awarded more than 235,000 scholarships worth more than Rs. 11.5 billion. With the inclusion of current year's 115,000 scholarships; the total number of scholarship awarded by June 2018 will exceed 350,000 with an estimated worth of Rs. 18.25 bullion.

The PEEF endeavors to bring best educational opportunities to the less privileged and talented youth of Punjab and is also providing opportunity of higher education to the talented and needy students of other provinces AJK, FATA, Gilgit Baltistan& Islamabad Capital Territory.

The Punjab Educational Endowment FUND (PEEF) and Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) have signed a MOU to award more than 732 scholarships to meritorious children of overseas Pakistanis registered with OPF. The title of the scholarship program is "PEEF-OPEF (Overseas Pakistanis Education Fund) Scholarship Program". Under the subject PEEF-OPEF scholarship program, scholarships will be awarded for the following levels of education:

Intermediate

Graduation

Master's

Eligibility Criteria

A) Intermediate Level Scholarships

The prospective applicant must have:

Secured minimum 60% marks in his/her last SSC Board exam in annual (2017) conducted by any Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education (BISE) of Pakistan

Secured admission as regular student in an educational institution affiliated with/recognized by local Boards/Universities/HEC in the same year as of passing the SSC examination in annual.

One parent (father or mother) of the applicant must be a registered member of OPF (valid for 3 years after permanent return)..

Monthly income of parent should be equal to or less than Rs. 50,000/-.

Not getting any other scholarship during the academic year.

Provincial Domicile

Ineligibility

Following students are not eligible for PEEF - OPEF Intermediate level Scholarship

Marks improvers or students who have passed examination in supplementary session

Students who have passed the aforementioned examination with grace marks (*)

Note:

The children of deceased registered OP's are also eligible to apply in case his/her parent has died within 03 years before the last date of this advertisement.

B)Graduation Level Scholarships

The prospective applicant must have:

Secured minimum 60% marks in his/her last HSSC Board exam in annual (2017) conducted by any Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education (BISE) of Pakistan

Secured admission as regular student in an educational institution affiliated with/recognized by local Boards/Universities/HEC in the same year as of passing the HSSC examination in annual.

One parent (father or mother) of the applicant must be a registered member of OPF (valid for 3 years after permanent return).

Monthly income of parent should be equal to or less than Rs. 50,000/-.

Not getting any other scholarship during the academic year

Provincial Domicile

Ineligibility

Following students are not eligible for PEEF - OPEF Graduation level Scholarship

Marks improvers or students who have passed examination in supplementary session

Students who have passed the aforementioned examination with grace marks (*)

Note:

The children of deceased registered OP's are also eligible to apply in case his/her parent has died within 03 years before the last date of this advertisement.

C) Master's Level Scholarships

The prospective applicant must have:

Secured minimum 60% marks or a minimum CGPA 2.5 in BA / BSc /B.Com/ BS/ BBA etc. in 2015 / 2016 / or 2017 (annual) through any HEC recognized university .

Secured admission as regular student in one of the public sector university of Pakistan during the current academic year 2017.

One parent (father or mother) of the applicant must be a registered member of OPF (valid for 3 years after permanent return).

Monthly income of parent should be equal to or less than Rs. 50,000/-.

Not getting any other scholarship during the academic year.

Provincial Domicile.

Ineligibility

Following students are not eligible for PEEF - OPEF Masters level Scholarship

Students who have already passed / possessed M.A / M.Sc / M.S / M.PHIL etc. degree

- Students who have passed the aforementioned examination with grace marks (*)

Marks improvers or students who have passed examination in supplementary session

Note:

The children of deceased registered OP's are also eligible to apply in case his/her parent has died within 03 years before the last date of this advertisement.

http://www.peef.org.pk/Overseas_Pakistani_Fund.html