KARAK: The Khushal Khan Khattak University Karak has launched a loan scheme with the collaboration of the National Bank of Pakistan for high-achievers.

The students with 70 percent marks or above in their last exams will be eligible for the scheme.

This was stated by KKKUK registrar Anwar Marwat during a news release issued here on Friday.

The registrar said students of computer sciences, management sciences and petro-chemical disciplines would benefit from the loan scheme.

“The maximum age fixed for the beneficiaries of the scheme is 21 years for graduation students, 31 years for postgraduate students and 36 year for PhD students. The students can apply for it through heads of their respective departments by September 15,” he said.

RAISE IN SALARY SOUGHT: The United Workers Welfare Association on Friday demanded that oil and gas companies fix the minimum salary of their daily-wage workers to Rs15,000 per month and regularise their services.

The demand was made by association chairman Iqbal Khan, president Naveed Khattak and general secretary Taj Mohammad during a news conference here.

The association leaders said the provincial government had fixed Rs15,000 as the minimum monthly salary of a worker but unfortunately, oil and gas companies working in Karak didn’t follow it and paid those working with them on daily wage basis far less amount of money as salary.

They warned the association members and workers agitate if their demand was not met without delay.

Published in Dawn, August 8th, 2015

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