ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission has issued an advisory for Pakistani students enrolled in China’s universities on behalf of the Chinese Embassy, Islamabad.
In the advisory, it was mentioned that the second wave of COVID-19 and further mutation of coronavirus had increased the spread of the pandemic during the last two months.
“Since the students are already enrolled in Chinese universities and taking online classes, they are advised to continue to attend online classes of their respective programmes and keep close contact with their respective Chinese institutions”, the advisory said.
The Chinese government will make proper arrangements depending upon the actual evaluation of the pandemic situation for the return of Pakistani students to respective Chinese institutions,” it said. Any updated study visa policy would be notified as and when received from the Chinese side, the HEC added.
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— HEC Pakistan (@hecpkofficial) January 23, 2021
Earlier, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari had said, “Pakistani students who‘ve been waiting to go back to China to continue their education, please register yourselves on the given link.” He said, “I will also be taking up the unresolved visa issues with relevant authorities.”
As per initial reports, there were a number of students, businessmen and workers, who were repatriated during the Coronavirus relief operation, had been waiting for their return to China. Most of them had been stuck in Pakistan due to visa-related issues, the ministry said.
