STORY: Chinese scholarships help Pakistani students realize dreams, aspirations
DATELINE: Aug. 27, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:13
LOCATION: Islamabad
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of ceremony
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MUKHTAR AHMED, Chairman of Pakistan's Higher Education Commission
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANNOUSHAY ZAHRA, Pakistani student

STORYLINE:

Chairman of Pakistan's Higher Education Commission (HEC) Mukhtar Ahmed said on Friday that Pakistan and China enjoy a long history of relationship and have been cooperating in diverse fields including the education sector for socio-economic development.

He made the remarks at a send-off ceremony for dozens of Pakistani students who have recently been awarded fully-funded scholarships by China to study in various top-ranking universities to pursue their graduate, master's, and doctorate degree programs.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MUKHTAR AHMED, Chairman of Pakistan's Higher Education Commission
"When those people who are getting education from China, they have learned those good skills, advanced technology from there. They're also bringing (back) that culture from China that's why this nation has converted so fast manner, from an average country to a top country of the world. So I think this is a very good initiative."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANNOUSHAY ZAHRA, Pakistani student
"As a person who is a research enthusiast, I'm thinking I will be getting to learn a lot from them. After coming back, I'm thinking about joining as a research clinician, so whatever I will be learning from China, language or research, I will be contributing here when I come back to Pakistan."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad.
(XHTV)