Yesterday, Nafisa Shah chaired a meeting of the National Assembly's special committee on integrating women into the national mainstream. The provision of laptops to Allama Iqbal Open University and Virtual University students was decided upon during the meeting.

Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed, the chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), briefed the committee, pointing out that 37% of college students were female in 2002, the year HEC was founded. At the moment, 52% of students are male and 48% of students are female.

Universities have been urged to implement anti-harassment procedures, he added. He said that while the Islamia University Bahawalpur harassment incident was a serious one, it was not as blown out of proportion as it seemed on social media.

He updated the committee on the submission of an inquiry report, the steps that followed, the dismissal of numerous employees, and the fact that some people remain incarcerated.

Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education Mohiuddin Wani also emphasized the accomplishments of an AI-powered paper production project in Islamabad.

The government would give talented students laptops, according to an announcement made by Pakistan's honorable prime minister. Young and gifted students enrolled in public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) around the nation and Azad Jammu & Kashmir are to be given laptops as part of the scheme.

The laptop scheme started several years back and has benefited a large community of students. Meanwhile, the government and education body HEC have signed different MoUs with different universities for exchange and scholarship programs, and today Pakistanis are studying in every corned of the world.