Staff Reporter
Peshawar
Special Assistant to the Chief Minister for Minority Affairs Wazirzada has said that 2% quota has been allocated for minority community students in all colleges of the province while 5% quota has been allocated for recruitment in government departments. This he said during a meeting with National Lobbying Delegation for Minority Rights in his office at Peshawar.
The delegation included Haroon Sarfadial a social activist for minority rights from Peshawar, Khalid Shehzad and Asif Aqeel from Lahore, Romana Bashir from Islamabad and others. On the occasion, the Special Assistant informed the delegation that the provincial government has already passed a resolution from Assembly for 2% quota for minority students for admission in colleges of the province which is being implemented.
’In the light of the resolution, minority students are being admitted in all the colleges of the province under the 2% quota’ he added. He said that soon all the universities and other institutions of higher learning in the province would also allocate quota for minorities. Wazirzada said that an integrated strategy has already been formulated under the leadership of Chief Minister KP Mahmood Khan to ensure the rights of minorities in the province.
