Maryam says scholarships will also be given to Al-Qadir University students

After the conviction of former minister Imran Khan and her spouse Bushra Bibi in the £190 million Al-Qadir Trust University case, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has said that the varsity is now under her control and scholarships would also be given to its students.

The chief minister addressing an event of Honhaar Scholarship Programme at the University of Okara today said: “Accountability court has handed over control of the varsity to the government following the verdict of the £190 million case.”

She further said that theft has been proven in the Al-Qadir Trust case as its decision came in today.

The Punjab CM said that Imran Khan is the first [former] prime minister who has been caught red-handed committing corruption.”

She further said that she saw a video of some students who had invited her to visit them.  She said that the students will be imparted religious and conventional education at the varsity and she will also award scholarships and laptops to them.

Maryam said that she wanta to hand over scholarships to our children, not petrol bombs. Those children who were given petrol bombs are now in jail. They were encouraged to attack police and blindly believe whatever content they watch on social media.

She was referring to the PTI protesters who have been facing jail terms and sentences after violent protests on May 9, 2023, and November 26 last year.

The top PML-N leader said that the country needs unity and peace, not hatred and chaos.