Would provide scholarships for 17 federal civil servants to pursue postgraduate studies in Japan
\n ISLAMABAD
\nThe Government of Japan has extended grant aid worth 350 million Japanese Yen for the implementation of the Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) FY 2026 Program in Pakistan.
\nA formal signing ceremony was held in Islamabad, where Notes Verbale were signed and exchanged between His Excellency Mr. AKAMATSU Shuichi, Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, and Mr. Muhammad Humair Karim Kidwai, Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Government of Pakistan.
\nAdditionally, a Grant Agreement outlining the implementation details of the project for Fiscal Year 2026 was signed between Mr. SHINOZAKI Yusuke, Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Pakistan Office, and Miran Mohiyuddin Soomro, Senior Joint Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs.
\nThe JDS Program, which is launched in 2018, is part of Japan\u2019s commitment to strengthen the administrative capacities of the Government of Pakistan. The program offers highly capable Pakistani government officers the opportunity to pursue Master\u2019s and Ph.D. degrees at leading Japanese universities.
\nThese officers are selected from those involved in planning and implementing social and economic development policies. The JDS Program also seeks to promote mutual understanding and further strengthen the longstanding friendship and cooperative relationship between Japan and Pakistan by fostering future leaders who will serve as bridges between the two countries.
\nThrough the JDS Program, JICA has so far dispatched more than 100 government officers to Japan. To date more than 80 scholars have successfully completed their studies and returned to Pakistan, contributing their enhanced knowledge and skills to the country\u2019s development.
\nOn this occasion, H.E. Mr. AKAMATSU Shuichi, Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, stated:
\n\u201d At its core, this program is built on a simple but powerful belief \u2014 that investing in people is the most sustainable investment a nation can make. When we support a young civil servant to pursue a Master\u2019s or doctoral degree at a leading Japanese university, we are not simply funding an academic qualification. We are helping to shape a future leader \u2014 someone who will return to Pakistan with new knowledge, new perspectives, and a deepened understanding of Japan, its people, its culture, and its values.
\nIt is these human bridges \u2014 built one scholar at a time \u2014 that sustain and strengthen the longstanding friendship between our two nations. Japan deeply values its relationship with Pakistan, and the JDS Program is one of the most personal and enduring ways we invest in that relationship.\u201d
\nMr. SHINOZAKI Yusuke, Chief Representative of JICA Pakistan Office, added:
\n\u201cI sincerely hope that the JICA\u2019s cooperation through this project will support the Government of Pakistan to enhance institutional capacity, thereby contributing to Pakistan\u2019s sustainable development.
\nThe third phase aims to continue strengthening the capacities of Pakistani government officials and further deepen the longstanding partnership between Japan and Pakistan.
\nThis initiative indirectly meet one of the priority area objectives of JICA\u2019s country assistant policy which is balanced and stable regional development by supporting human resource development.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Would provide scholarships for 17 federal civil servants to pursue postgraduate studies in Japan ISLAMABAD The Government of Japan has extended grant aid worth 350 million Japanese Yen for the implementation of the Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) FY 2026 Program in Pakistan. A formal signing ceremony was held in Islamabad, where Notes Verbale were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-561464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"yoast_head":"\n